Health drink poisoning – An unusual case of bottle gourd toxicity
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2023 Bottle gourd, popularly known as “Lauki,” is a commonly used vegetable throughout the world including India. Its juice is considered a “health tonic” for chronic ailments by practitioners of alternate therapy and nutritionist.
H S Varun, Kushal Pandya, M Muniraju
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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 +1 more
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Performance of parthenocarpic and non-parthenocarpic grafts of cucumber [PDF]
Journal of Horticultural Sciences, 2022 Effect of rootstock on yield and quality of cucumber scion was studied at Department of Vegetable Science, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala during February-May, 2021.
POOJA P GOWDA, Rafeekher M., SARADA S
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Bottle Gourd Juice: Poison or Panacea. [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 Ingestion of toxic bottle gourd juice, particularly the bitter one, may pose a significant risk to life if not treated in time. Notwithstanding its usefulness, people drink it routinely without concern for fruit quality, extraction hygiene, and mixture with other fruits. We report two cases of bottle gourd juice poisoning with severe abdominal pain and
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Identification of Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) OVATE Family Genes and Functional Characterization of LsOVATE1 [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2022 The OVATE gene family is a class of conserved transcription factors that play significant roles in plant growth, development, and abiotic stress, and also affect fruit shape in vegetable crops.
Zishan Feng +8 more
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Forward genetic studies reveal LsAPRR2 as a key gene in regulating the green color of pericarp in bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 The fruit peel color is an important factor that affects its quality. However, genes involved in regulating pericarp color in bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) have not been explored to date. Genetic analysis of color traits in bottle gourd peel through
Yulai Huo +9 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Volatile Organic Compounds in Two Bottle Gourd Accessions with Distinct Fruit Shapes [PDF]
Foods, 2023 Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria L.) belongs to the cucurbit family and has a long history of cultivation in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, both for food and medicine.
Bazgha Zia +4 more
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Effects of Dual/Threefold Rootstock Grafting on the Plant Growth, Yield and Quality of Watermelon [PDF]
Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2014 To test the feasibility of multi-rootstock grafting, bottle gourd and pumpkin were used as rootstocks in a comparative analysis of the effects of single, dual, and threefold rootstock grafting on the plant growth, fruit yield, and quality of watermelon ...
Yaoguo QIN +10 more
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Progress on Genetic Improvement and Analysis of Bottle Gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.] for Agronomic Traits, Nutrient Compositions, and Stress Tolerance: A Review [PDF]
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.] is an important multi-purpose cucurbit crop grown for its leaf, fruit, and seed. It is widely cultivated and used for human consumption in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) providing vital human nutrition and ...
Phumzile Mkhize +4 more
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Bitter bottle gourd poisoning: A case report and review of literature. [PDF]
J Family Med Prim Care, 2022 Bottle gourd juice is considered a panacea in traditional Indian medicine and used in various chronic diseases. Increased levels of Cucurbitacin can turn it bitter causing toxic effects in gastrointestinal system. We report the case of an elderly female who presented with shock in few hours after consumption of bitter bottle ...
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