REVIEW ON NUTRITIONAL PROFILE OF Medicago sativa SEEDS
SAKSHI PANDEY *
Faculty of Agriculture and Veternairy Sciences, Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women's University, Jaipur, Rajasthan. India.
KRUTIKA SHENMARE
Faculty of Agriculture and Veternairy Sciences, Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women's University, Jaipur, Rajasthan. India.
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Abstract
All over the world the herbal medicine acts as the representative of the most important fields of traditional medicine. The medicinal plants are useful for healing as well as for curing of human disease because of the presence of phytochemical and antioxidant constituents. Alfalfa sprouts are often consumed as vegetable salad and their leaves and solid are sold as bulk powdered herb, capsules and tablets for nutritional supplement in health food stores. The extracts from alfalfa sprouts, leaves and roots have been indicated to be helpful in lowering cholesterol level in animal and human studies.
Keywords: Alfalfa, antioxidants, nutrients, malting