Research and development on Moringa Oleifera – Comparison between academic research and patents

Moringa is a tropical plant well known in Asia and Africa. Many local medicines used the various Moringa extracts to cure various diseases or to provide nutrients. Some parts of the plant are also use as coagulants to clean water and for their biomedical properties. The regional development of developing countries is often linked to their natural resources and applied research and technology information are two main points to explore before decision making. For these reasons we present a comparison between data coming from an academic research using different sources and patent information using the worldpatent database from EPO.