12. Development and sensory evaluation of safed musli (Chlorophytum borivilianum) nutritional gummies for stunted child
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Abstract
Chlorophytum borivilianum, often known as 'Safed Musli,' is a rare traditional medicinal herb with nutritional, medicinal, and therapeutic properties. Safed Musli is well-known for its excellent nutritional content. It is used to treat physical illness and weakness, as an aphrodisiac and revitalizer, as a general sex tonic, as a cure for diabetes, arthritis, and increasing body immunity, as a cure for natal and postnatal problems, for rheumatism and joint pains, to increase lactation in nursing mothers, as an antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antitumor agent, and it is also used to treat diarrhea, dysentery. The current study was designed to evaluate the nutritional benefit of safed musli gummies, specifically for stunted children from low-income families. The proximate study also lends support to the creation of safed musli gummies to improve children's nutritional status. The data was subjected to statistical analysis. Data reveled that safed musli gummies were high in nutrition content. The proximate analysis also supports the development of safed musli gummies due to its nutritional benefits. The safed musli powder was incorporated in gummies by using different concentrations (T1=5, T2=10, T3=15, T4=20, T4=25, T5=30 g). According to the results, safed musli powder are a good source of nutrition for stunted growth children and this could be a vital approach for combating malnourished children.
Keywords: Micronutrient malnutrition; Stunted children; Safed musli; Gummies