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Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus) as a Potential Dietary Medicine with Nutraceutical Importance for Sustainable Health Applications
Recently, there has been a paradigm shift from conventional therapies to relatively safer phytotherapies. This divergence is crucial for the management of various chronic diseases. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) is a popular vegetable crop with good nutritional significance, along with certain the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7865958/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33525745 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26030696 |
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author | Elkhalifa, Abd Elmoneim O. Alshammari, Eyad Adnan, Mohd Alcantara, Jerold C. Awadelkareem, Amir Mahgoub Eltoum, Nagat Elzein Mehmood, Khalid Panda, Bibhu Prasad Ashraf, Syed Amir |
author_facet | Elkhalifa, Abd Elmoneim O. Alshammari, Eyad Adnan, Mohd Alcantara, Jerold C. Awadelkareem, Amir Mahgoub Eltoum, Nagat Elzein Mehmood, Khalid Panda, Bibhu Prasad Ashraf, Syed Amir |
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description | Recently, there has been a paradigm shift from conventional therapies to relatively safer phytotherapies. This divergence is crucial for the management of various chronic diseases. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) is a popular vegetable crop with good nutritional significance, along with certain therapeutic values, which makes it a potential candidate in the use of a variety of nutraceuticals. Different parts of the okra fruit (mucilage, seed, and pods) contain certain important bioactive components, which confer its medicinal properties. The phytochemicals of okra have been studied for their potential therapeutic activities on various chronic diseases, such as type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular, and digestive diseases, as well as the antifatigue effect, liver detoxification, antibacterial, and chemo-preventive activities. Moreover, okra mucilage has been widely used in medicinal applications such as a plasma replacement or blood volume expanders. Overall, okra is considered to be an easily available, low-cost vegetable crop with various nutritional values and potential health benefits. Despite several reports about its therapeutic benefits and potential nutraceutical significance, there is a dearth of research on the pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of okra, which has hampered its widespread use in the nutraceutical industry. This review summarizes the available literature on the bioactive composition of okra and its potential nutraceutical significance. It will also provide a platform for further research on the pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of okra for its possible commercial production as a therapeutic agent against various chronic diseases. |
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spelling | pubmed-78659582021-02-07 Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus) as a Potential Dietary Medicine with Nutraceutical Importance for Sustainable Health Applications Elkhalifa, Abd Elmoneim O. Alshammari, Eyad Adnan, Mohd Alcantara, Jerold C. Awadelkareem, Amir Mahgoub Eltoum, Nagat Elzein Mehmood, Khalid Panda, Bibhu Prasad Ashraf, Syed Amir Molecules Review Recently, there has been a paradigm shift from conventional therapies to relatively safer phytotherapies. This divergence is crucial for the management of various chronic diseases. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) is a popular vegetable crop with good nutritional significance, along with certain therapeutic values, which makes it a potential candidate in the use of a variety of nutraceuticals. Different parts of the okra fruit (mucilage, seed, and pods) contain certain important bioactive components, which confer its medicinal properties. The phytochemicals of okra have been studied for their potential therapeutic activities on various chronic diseases, such as type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular, and digestive diseases, as well as the antifatigue effect, liver detoxification, antibacterial, and chemo-preventive activities. Moreover, okra mucilage has been widely used in medicinal applications such as a plasma replacement or blood volume expanders. Overall, okra is considered to be an easily available, low-cost vegetable crop with various nutritional values and potential health benefits. Despite several reports about its therapeutic benefits and potential nutraceutical significance, there is a dearth of research on the pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of okra, which has hampered its widespread use in the nutraceutical industry. This review summarizes the available literature on the bioactive composition of okra and its potential nutraceutical significance. It will also provide a platform for further research on the pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of okra for its possible commercial production as a therapeutic agent against various chronic diseases. MDPI 2021-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7865958/ /pubmed/33525745 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26030696 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Elkhalifa, Abd Elmoneim O. Alshammari, Eyad Adnan, Mohd Alcantara, Jerold C. Awadelkareem, Amir Mahgoub Eltoum, Nagat Elzein Mehmood, Khalid Panda, Bibhu Prasad Ashraf, Syed Amir Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus) as a Potential Dietary Medicine with Nutraceutical Importance for Sustainable Health Applications |
title | Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus) as a Potential Dietary Medicine with Nutraceutical Importance for Sustainable Health Applications |
title_full | Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus) as a Potential Dietary Medicine with Nutraceutical Importance for Sustainable Health Applications |
title_fullStr | Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus) as a Potential Dietary Medicine with Nutraceutical Importance for Sustainable Health Applications |
title_full_unstemmed | Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus) as a Potential Dietary Medicine with Nutraceutical Importance for Sustainable Health Applications |
title_short | Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus) as a Potential Dietary Medicine with Nutraceutical Importance for Sustainable Health Applications |
title_sort | okra (abelmoschus esculentus) as a potential dietary medicine with nutraceutical importance for sustainable health applications |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7865958/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33525745 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26030696 |
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