Moringaceae family

Traditionally, M. oleifera seeds have been used to clarify turbid waters in rural areas of Asia and Africa (29). Of the identified 14 species of the moringaceae family, M. oleifera has gained considerable importance as flocculants in nearly all tropical and subtropical regions (8). Further, the coagulating property of the seed powder of this plant has been used for various aspects of water treatment such as turbidity, alkahnity, total dissolved sohds, and hardness (30, 51,54, 63). The seeds of six more frequent and cultivated species of Moringa have been found to contain flocculant components. Numerous studies so far confirms that M. oleifera seeds possess effective coagulation properties (49,54,63,65). Branches of the M. oleifera when lopped and thrown into turbid and contaminated wells, over an episode of time, the previously dirty water becomes clear. The desiccated M. oleifera seeds are... 

Sengupta, A. and Gupta, M.P. (1970) Studies on the seed fat composition of Moringaceae family. Fette Seifen Anstrichm. 72, 6-10. 

Glucosinolates occur primarily in 11 plant families. One cluster of these families, the order Capparales (including the Brassicaceae, Capparidaceae, Moringaceae, Resedaceae,... 

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