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Bitter Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) Toxicity

The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) is an edible plant in the Cucurbitaceae family. When extremely bitter, ingestion of bottle gourd can cause rapid onset diarrhea, vomiting, gastrointestinal bleeding, and hypotension due to release of a substance named cucurbitacin.Our aim was to increase physician awareness of cucurbitacin poisoning in order to ...
Cynthia H, Ho, Michael G, Ho, Shin-Pin, Ho, Helen H, Ho   +3 more
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ASSESSMENT OF LOSSES IN BITTER GOURD DUE TO BITTER GOURD MOSAIC VIRUS

Madras Agricultural Journal, 1998
The infection of bitter gourd plant at the early stage by bitter gourd mosaic virus resulted in significant reduction of number of leaves, leaf area, intermodal length, thickness of vines, length of vines, number of branches, number of flowers, number of fruits and other fruit characters viz, length.
SABITHA DORAISAMY ., PURUSHOTHAMAN S.M, RAJAGOPALAN B, LAKSHMANAN P   +3 more
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HIV Inhibitor from Thai Bitter Gourd

Planta Medica, 2001
Thai bitter gourd protein (MRK29) was isolated from Momordica charantia ripe fruit and seed. The purification was performed by ammonium sulfate fractionation and gel filtration chromatography. MRK29 possessed one isoelectric point of (pI) > or = 9, and the time of flight mass spectrum (TOFMS) indicated its molecular weight at 28.6 kD.
W, Jiratchariyakul, C, Wiwat, M, Vongsakul, A, Somanabandhu, W, Leelamanit, I, Fujii, N, Suwannaroj, Y, Ebizuka   +7 more
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Evaluate the effect of β-cyclodextrin on the sensory and physicochemical properties of bitter gourd extract during thermal processing.

Food Chemistry, 2023
This study aims to evaluate the impact of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) on the properties of the bitter gourd extract (BGE) under various heating conditions. In this work, the BGE and BGE supplemented with β-CD (0.75%) were heated at 60, 90, and 121 °C for 20 ...
C. Tran, Haibo Wang, Le Anh, Chitsan Lin, Chunli Huang, Chia-Hung Kuo   +5 more
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Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) supplementation for twelve weeks improves biomarkers of glucose homeostasis in a prediabetic population.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) is known for its ability to reduce parameters of diabetes, but its effects on prediabetic subjects have been scarcely studied.
J. Mes, M. van den Belt, S. van der Haar, Els Oosterink, T. Luijendijk, Koen Manusama, L. van Dam, T. D. de Bie, Renger F. Witkamp, Diederik Esser   +9 more
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Major Bitter-Tasting Compounds from the Dichloromethane Fraction of Bitter Gourd (Fruit of Momordica charantia L.) Extract and Their Precursors

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
The unripe fruit of the plant Momordica charantia L., commonly known as bitter gourd or bitter melon, is a popular vegetable and medical herb in many parts of the world and is characterized by its strong bitter taste. In our endeavor to decode its bitter
Dong Liang
exaly   +2 more sources

Effect of beeswax and lemon grass oil on Alternaria alternata and post-harvest quality of bitter gourd during storage

New Zealand journal of crop and horticultural science
Alternative strategies are being utilised to extend the storage ability and preserve the quality of crops including bitter gourd. The present study was conducted to assess the potential of beeswax (BW) and lemongrass oil (LO) on the shelf life and ...
Z. Ul Haq, Ghulam Khaliq, Asif Irshad, H. El-Beltagi, Ahmed Mahmoud Ismail, M. El-Mogy   +5 more
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Botanical Description of Bitter Gourd

2020
Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is one of the world’s major vegetable crops, which belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae. The genus Momordica is a native of the Paleotropics and comprises about 60 species. Bitter gourd grows in tropical and subtropical areas, including parts of East Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and South America, where it is used not ...
A. C. Asna, Jiji Joseph, K. Joseph John
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Exergo-environmental analysis of an indirect forced convection solar dryer for drying bitter gourd slices

Renewable Energy, 2020
In this study, a low cost indirect forced convection solar dryer integrated with porous bed sensible heat storage medium has been developed and studied under the climatic conditions of Coimbatore for drying bitter gourd slices.
Anil Kumar, Vijayan S
exaly   +2 more sources

Sex Determination in Bitter Gourd

2020
Sex expression in the bitter gourd is mainly categorized into monoecious—staminate and pistillate flowers are produced separately in the same plant. Genes for its sex determination mechanism are quite important for genetic improvement through breeding, including the production of hybrid cultivars.
Hideo Matsumura, Naoya Urasaki, Sudhakar Pandey, K. K. Gautam   +3 more
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