Phytochemical, Nutritional and Pharmacological evidences for Abelmoschus esculentus (L.)
Journal Title: UNKNOWN - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 6
Abstract
Okra is a nutritional source of power used throughout history for both medicinal and culinary purposes. Okra is good source of minerals, vitamins and nutrients that are responsible for the health benefits. It has various reported pharmacological properties like antidabetic, antioxidant, nootropic, eye, heart disease and neurological disorders etc. This effort is towards providing the evidence in support to encourage more scientific research to find out more pharmacological and nutritional potential of Abelmoschus esculentus that may be suggestive of new drug discovery.
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Rakesh K Sindhu, Vishal Puri
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