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Karyomorphological studies of six commercially cultivated edible cucurbits: bitter gourd, sponge gourd, ridge gourd, snake gourd, ash gourd and cucumber

open access: yesCaryologia, 2018
AbstractInformation about chromosomal characteristics is helpful to geneticists and plant breeders in crop improvement programmes. The karyomorphological analysis of six commercially cultivated edible species of Cucurbitaceae, namely Luffa cylindrica, L.
Md. Mabud Alam   +2 more
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Taste testing bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) grown in Aquaponics

open access: yesEcocycles, 2018
Bitter gourd which is imported into the UK from abroad has been shown to be suitable to be grown in aquaponics under greenhouse conditions. Whilst research has indicated the plant grows well under greenhouse aquaponics conditions, as yet there has been ...
Mohammed Khandaker, Benz Kotzen
doaj   +1 more source

Advantages of treating sponge-gourd waste by mechanical refining on the properties of fiber-based poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate)/polylactide biocomposites [PDF]

open access: yesAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023
This study compares the morphology, thermal, and dynamic-mechanical properties of composites based on polybutylene adipate terephthalate/polylactide biocomposites with sponge gourd waste treated code as R, and non-treated sponge gourd, coded as NR, by ...
THIAGO R. CORREIA   +7 more
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Bitter gourd extract improves glucose homeostasis and lipid profile via enhancing insulin signaling in the liver and skeletal muscles of diabetic rats

open access: yesAsian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2021
Objective: To investigate the modulatory effects of bitter gourd extract on the insulin signaling pathway in the liver and skeletal muscle tissues of diabetic rats.
Saber Mohamed Eweda   +5 more
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Keeping in Touch via Cassette: Tracing Dinka Songs from Cattle Camp to Transnational Audio-Letter [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper explores Dinka songs as poetic autobiography, focusing in particular on their composition and circulation as audio-letters between South Sudan and the global Dinka diaspora.
Impey, Angela
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Determination Of Total Flavonoid Levels Of Ridge Gourd Fruit With Uv-Vis Spectrumfotometry Method

open access: yesJurnal Farmasi Sains dan Praktis, 2019
Ridge gourd fruit (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.) is one kind of tuber plants that grows in many tropical and various kinds. Ridge gourd fruit are widely consumed by the people of Indonesia.
Indriani Estikawati   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesFrontiers 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 ...
Junjie Cui   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development and validation of genome-wide InDel markers with high levels of polymorphism in bitter gourd (Momordica charantia)

open access: yesBMC Genomics, 2021
Background The preferred choice for molecular marker development is identifying existing variation in populations through DNA sequencing. With the genome resources currently available for bitter gourd (Momordica charantia), it is now possible to detect ...
Junjie Cui   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immediate effect of bitter gourd, ash gourd, Knol-khol juices on blood sugar levels of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A pilot study

open access: yesJournal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2017
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the immediate effect of bitter gourd, Knol-khol, and ash gourd juices on blood glucose level among Type II diabetes mellitus patients.
G. Selvakumar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Progress on Genetic Improvement and Analysis of Bottle Gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.] for Agronomic Traits, Nutrient Compositions, and Stress Tolerance: A Review

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

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