Nutritional Value of Leaves and Pods

MORINGA OLEIFERA NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF LEAVES AND PODS Analysis of Moringa pods, fresh (raw) leaves and dried leaf powder have shown them to contain the following per 100 grams of edible portion:
	Pods	Leaves	Leaf Powder
Moisture (%) Calories Protein (g) Fat (g) Carbohydrate (g) Fiber (g) Minerals (g) Ca (mg) Mg (mg) P (mg) K (mg) Cu (mg) Fe (mg) S (mg) Oxalic acid (mg) Vitamin A - B carotene (mg) Vitamin B -choline (mg) Vitamin B1 -thiamine (mg) Vitamin B2 -riboflavin (mg) Vitamin B3 -nicotinic acid (mg) Vitamin C -ascorbic acid (mg) Vitamin E -tocopherol acetate (mg) Arginine (g/16g N) Histidine (g/16g N) Lysine (g/16g N) Tryptophan (g/16g N) Phenylanaline (g/16g N) Methionine (g/16g N) Threonine (g/16g N) Leucine (g/16g N) Isoleucine (g/16g N) Valine (g/16g N)	86.9 26 2.5 0.1 3.7 4.8 2.0 30 24 110 259 3.1 5.3 137 10 0.11 423 0.05 0.07 0.2 120 - 3.6 1.1 1.5 0.8 4.3 1.4 3.9 6.5 4.4 5.4	75.0 92 6.7 1.7 13.4 0.9 2.3 440 24 70 259 1.1 7 137 101 6.8 423 0.21 0.05 0.8 220 - 6.0 2.1 4.3 1.9 6.4 2.0 4.9 9.3 6.3 7.1	7.5 205 27.1 2.3 38.2 19.2 - 2,003 368 204 1,324 0.57 28.2 870 1.6% 16.3 - 2.64 20.5 8.2 17.3 113 1.33% 0.61% 1.32% 0.43% 1.39% 0.35% 1.19% 1.95% 0.83% 1.06%