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Genome-Wide Analysis of Simple Sequence Repeats in Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia)

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is widely cultivated as a vegetable and medicinal herb in many Asian and African countries. After the sequencing of the cucumber (Cucumis sativus), watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), and melon (Cucumis melo) genomes ...
Jiaowen Cheng, Kailin Hu
exaly   +3 more sources

A comprehensive review on bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) as a gold mine of functional bioactive components for therapeutic foods

Food Production, Processing and Nutrition, 2022
Bitter gourd is a tropical wine grown mainly in India, China and South East Asia. The plant is cultivated mainly for its fruit part which is edible. Bitter gourd is unaccepted widely due to its bitter taste. Nevertheless, the fruit is a source of several
K. S. Gayathry, Jenny Ann John
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Enhancing Growth, Yield, and Antioxidant Activity of Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.) through Amino Acid Foliar Spray Application

Horticulturae, 2023
Bitter gourd has picked up noteworthy consideration for its pharmacological benefits. However, the impact of amino acids (AAs) dosage on growth, yield, and antioxidants is uncertain.
Lamiaa El-Khayat, Mohssen Elbagory, Mohamed Elsadek, Nevin Ahmed, Ibrahim Mohamed, Alaa El-Dein Omara, Nesrein Salim   +6 more
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Development of oats flour and bitter gourd fortified cookies: Effects on physicochemical, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and sensory attributes. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
The objective of this study was the develop of fortified cookies enriched with oats flour and bitter gourd powder and monitoring the effects of these enrichments on the physicochemical, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and sensory attributes.
Rehenuma Tarannum, Asraful Alam, Md Sakib Hasan, Golam Rabby, Ananya Raiyan, Rashida Parvin, Mahfujul Alam, Md Ashrafuzzaman Zahid   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Optimizing bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) performance: exploring the impact of varied seed priming durations and zinc oxide nanoparticle concentrations on germination, growth, phytochemical attributes, and agronomic outcomes

Cogent Food & Agriculture
This field study aimed to investigate the potential of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) to enhance various aspects of bitter gourd plant germination, growth, phytochemical composition and yield.
Muhammad Waqas Mazhar, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Mehwish Maqbool, Eman A. Mahmoud, Fazal Ullah, Hosam O. Elansary   +5 more
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Antioxidant activities, dietary nutrients, and yield potential of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) lines in diverse growing environments [PDF]

Frontiers in Nutrition
The biotic and abiotic stresses cause a significant decline in the yield and fruit quality traits, including antioxidants and minerals, of bitter gourd when grown in open fields. Protected cultivation technology has emerged to minimize such stresses.
Gograj Singh Jat, Tusar Kanti Behera, Tusar Kanti Behera, Awani Kumar Singh, Ram Swaroop Bana, Deepak Singh, Samarth Godara, Umesh K. Reddy, P. Gangadhara Rao, H. Ram, N. D. Vinay, Sachin Kumar, Bhoopal Singh Tomar   +12 more
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High-quality Momordica balsamina genome elucidates its potential use in improving stress resilience and therapeutic properties of bitter gourd. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci, 2023
Introduction Momordica balsamina is the closest wild species that can be crossed with an important fruit vegetable crop, Momordica charantia, has immense medicinal value, and placed under II subclass of primary gene pool of bitter gourd. M.
Vinay ND, Singh K, Ellur RK, Chinnusamy V, Jaiswal S, Iquebal MA, Munshi AD, Matsumura H, Boopalakrishnan G, Jat GS, Kole C, Gaikwad AB, Kumar D, Dey SS, Behera TK.   +14 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

'Fengshan 036', a White Bitter Gourd Cultivar [PDF]

HortScience, 2002
Liou TsungDao, Kan-Shu Chen, Shough-Peng Lee, Jaw-Neng Lin, Shing-Jy Tsao, Yau-Wen Yang   +5 more
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Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria Siceraria) Toxicity: A “Bitter” Diagnostic Dilemma [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Consumption of a glass of bottle gourd juice is thought to work as a health “tonic” and part of traditional healthy living practices in India. The juice may in certain circumstances turn bitter with increased levels of the cytotoxic compound called ...
Khalid Ismail Khatib, Kapil Sharad Borawake   +1 more
doaj   +4 more sources

McAPRR2: The Key Regulator of Domesticated Pericarp Color in Bitter Gourd. [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2023
Pericarp color is a crucial commercial trait influencing consumer preferences for bitter gourds. However, until now, the gene responsible for this trait has remained unidentified.
Tian S, Yang J, Fu Y, Zhang X, Zhang J, Zhao H, Hu Q, Liu P, He W, Han X, Wen C.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources