Table 1.
Nutritional composition of whole Moringa oleifera seeds
| Constituents | References | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compaoré, Nikièma, Bassolé, Savadogo, Hounhouigan, et al. (2011) and Compaoré, Nikièma, Bassolé, Savadogo, Mouecoucou, et al. (2011) | Mbah et al. (2012) | Abiodun et al. (2012) | Ijarotimi et al. (2013) | Bridgemohan et al. (2014) | |
| Humidity (%) | 2.1 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 10.6 | 5.4 |
| Ash (%) | 5.0 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.7 |
| Fibers (%) | 4.7 | 1.4 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 2.6 |
| Lipids (%) | 43.6 | 30.6 | 45.8 | 13.4 | 38.2 |
| Proteins (%) | 35.4 | 26.7 | 28.0 | 18.9 | 37.2 |
| Carbohydrates (%) | 9.2 | 32.0 | 10.6 | 53.4 | 12.9 |