TABLE OF CONTENTS

Tittle page   –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         i

Certification –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         ii

Dedication   –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         iii

Acknowledgement –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         iv

Table of content     –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         v

CHAPTER ONE 

1.0 Introduction – –         –         –         –         –         –         –         1-3

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 History of Arugula Plant –         –         –         –         –         –         4-6

2.1     Description of Arugula Plant     –         –         –         –         –         6

2.2     Morphology of Arugula Plant    –         –         –         –         –         6-8

2.3     Chemical Composition of the Plant     –         –         –         –         9-12

2.4     Nutritional Valve of Arugula Plant       –         –         –         –         12

2.5     Uses of Arugula Plant      –         –         –         –         –         –         12-13

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 Health Benefits of Arugula Plant –         –         –         –         14-16

3.1     Pharmacological Uses of Arugula Plant         –         –         –         16

3.1.1  Anti-Cancer Activity        –         –         –         –         –         –         17

3.1.2  Radio Protective Activity          –         –         –         –         –         18-19

3.1.3  Anti-Microbial Activity   –         –         –         –         –         –         19

3.1.4  Anti – Inflammatory Effect       –         –         –         –         –         19-20

3.1.5  Antioxidant –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         21-22

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0     Summary and Conclusion

4.1     Summary     –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         23

4.2     Conclusion  –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         23-24

            References

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Arugula (Eruca vesicaria subp. Satilla (miller) Thell) is a lesser known Cruciferous vegetable which offers many of the same benefits as other as other family vegetables such as broccoli, kale and brussels sprouts. It is an annual edible plant in the brassicaceae family used for its fresh, salty, bitter, tangy and peppery flavor as a leaf vegetable. other common name include rockets soland. Italian cress, rucola, rucoli, regula.

Rocket (Eruca sativa) is a yearly species have a colorwort and roquette in the garden. It is originated in the Mediterranean region. Names include greens rocket, garden rocket and arugula.

Rocket is a general name of plants which frame rosette of splendidly green isolated leaves with frame rosette of splendily green isolated leaves with a particular flavor essentially to different Brassicas, Eruca sativa contain glucosides, for example, allyl sulphocyanate (Van Devender et al., 2006). Eruca Savita has been known since vestige and has generally been devoured in different Mediterranean nations for the hot sharp kind of the take-off. It is expended as crude green, as a piece of plate of mixed greens blends, as a cooked green and is presently extremely prevalent as a pizza topping.

Rocket is utilized as a part of numerous courses other than sustenance. On the Indian subcontinent, exception, ecotypes of E. sativa are developed for seed creation and consequent oil extraction. Rocket is accepted to have sexual enhancer properties. It contains glucosides, mineral salts and vitamin C and is in this manner though to be a magnificent stomach, stimulant, an dis likewise utilized as a diuretic and antiscorbutic. Late studies demonstrated that a concentrate from rocket have antisecretory, cytoprotective and hostile to ulcer exercises. Rocket is generally developed in Italy, Portugal, Egypt, and Turkey. It has additionally been effectively examined as another product for Indiana and US Midwest where it can be developed in open field and ensured territories documentation. Research examinations will be additionally completed to better portray the yield for its major agrobotanical and biochemical qualities. A typical database for the product is being set up and will contain significant data on rocket promotions accessible in gene-bank accumulations around the world. This brought together framework will be of extraordinary help to reproducers and clients, encouraging their work of harvest change and boosting the utilization of the yield. A descriptor ran-down is a work in progress and will add to upgrading the administration of rocket hereditary differing qualities.

A portion of the papers included here present preparatory consequences of activities as of now began by the network individuals. They give general data to the peruser and highlight activities viewed as a need, which will get more prominent consideration by the network (Bianco, 1995).