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High Demand for Neem Extracts for The Treatment of Multiple Diseases
The demand for neem extract has been increasing owing to the immense benefits of neem extract in treating diseases such as infectious, metabolic, and cancer. In April 2023, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US) announced that, as per its research on neem extract treatment for cancer, neem extract has anticancer activities that assist in inhibiting cancer cell growth. Moreover, neem extracts extracted from all the parts of neem, including leaf, bark, flower, fruit, twig, gum, and seed, have multiple properties, thus, the below table represents the uses of different parts of neem as an extract in several diseases.
Neem extracts derived from leaves are beneficial in leprosy, eye problems, epistaxis, intestinal worms, anorexia, biliousness, are skin ulcers. The bark extracts of neem work as an analgesic, and cures fever. Flower extracts of neem help in bile suppression, and the elimination of intestinal worms, and phlegm. The fruit extracts of neem are useful in piles, intestinal worms, urinary disorders, epistaxis, phlegm, eye problems, diabetes, wounds, and leprosy. Extracts derived from twigs prevent Cough, Asthma, Piles, Phantom, Tumors, Intestinal Worms, Spermatorrhoea, Obstinate Urinary Disorder, and Diabetes. Neem seed extracts are beneficial in the treatment of leprosy and intestinal worms.
Apart from that, the neem extracts are also beneficial in scabies, wounds, ulcers, skin diseases leprosy, and intestinal worms. The multiple treatment properties of neem extracts are represented below:
S.No.
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Parts
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Medicinal Use
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1.
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Leaf
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Leprosy, Eye Problem, Epistaxis, Intestinal Worms, Anorexia, Biliousness, Skin Ulcers
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2.
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Bark
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Analgesic, Alternative, and Curative of Fever
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3.
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Flower
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Bile Suppression, Elimination of Intestinal Worms, and Phlegm
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4.
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Fruit
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Piles, Intestinal Worms, Urinary Disorder, Epistaxis, Phlegm, Eye Problem, Diabetes, Wounds, and Leprosy
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5.
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Twig
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Cough, Asthma, Piles, Phantom, Tumor, Intestinal Worms, Spermatorrhoea, Obstinate Urinary Disorder, and Diabetes
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6.
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Gum
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Scabies, Wounds, Ulcers, Skin Diseases Leprosy and Intestinal Worms
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7.
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Seed
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Leprosy and Intestinal Worms
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Moreover, various nations are adopting organic farming techniques across the globe. According to the report of the Government of Tamil Nadu (India), associated with organic farming Australia has 35.7 million hectares, Argentina has 3.7 million hectares, along with 2.4 million hectares in Spain in 2019. Apart from that, various nations are also reporting a continuous surge in organic farming, and among them, India was at a leading position with a surge in organic farming up to 0.36 million hectares, and Kazakistan at second position with 0.1 million hectares in 2019.
The growing recognition of neem extract's multifaceted applications in agriculture and pharmaceuticals suggests a robust trajectory for its market expansion, driven by increasing consumer demand for natural and sustainable products.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)