Moringa: from its seeds an ancient method to purify water and make it drinkable

    We had already talked about moringa as a tree with a thousand virtues, a real miraculous plant used for centuries because of its beneficial properties. Now science has rediscovered an ancient method to purify water from moringa seeds.





    We already told you about the Moringa like a tree with a thousand virtues, a real one miraculous plant used for centuries because of its beneficial properties. Now science has rediscovered an ancient method for purify the water starting from moringa seeds.

    The moringa begins to be considered as a fundamental plant to solve the world food crisis and the problem of lack of access to drinking water. In the world, hundreds of thousands of people cannot have blue gold available unless they travel kilometers to reach a valid source.

    Moringa seeds, and specifically a protein substance contained within them, function as a natural water purifier, attracting dirt particles to itself. Moringa trees are found mainly in very remote areas of the African continent, in Asia and on the island of Madagascar.

    These are precisely those places where it would be necessary to intervene more to provide the population with a method for easily obtaining drinking water starting from resources already present.

    Already inAncient Egypt moringa seeds were used to solve the problem of cloudy water. And recently the researchers of the Penn State University have begun to examine the reasons why moringa seeds may be associated with antibacterial properties useful for purifying water.

    Lo study in question was published in the scientific journal Langmuir. In this study, scientists point out that a peptide substance found in moringa seeds is capable of damaging the cell membranes of bacteria.

    Moringa: from its seeds an ancient method to purify water and make it drinkable

    Fonte foto: Turbogize

    In this photograph taken by Penn State University researchers you can see two bottles of water. Both bottles initially contained cloudy and contaminated water. The bottle on the left was treated with ground moringa seeds. The particular protein found in moringa seeds attracted the bacteria, reunited them and precipitated them to the bottom. According to experts, this technique reduces the danger of bacterial contamination and allows you to have safe water to drink for longer.



    Moringa: from its seeds an ancient method to purify water and make it drinkable


    Photo source: Penn State University

    In areas of Africa and Asia that would need drinking water, the presence of moringa seeds is abundant. According to the scientists, their use from this point of view would allow save money to be used for other projects in favor of the populations of developing countries.


    Marta Albè

    Photo source: Analog Forestry

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