Nutraceutical applications of gourd family vegetables: Benincasa hispida, Lagenaria siceraria and Momordica charantia

Biomedicine & Preventive Nutrition Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.bionut.2013.03.004

S. Palamthodi, S.S. Lele

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The use of food and food products as medicine has been in practice over centuries in many civilizations. The extracts from the family Cucurbitaceae have been used in the preparation of medicines for a variety of diseases in Ayurveda and ancient Chinese medicine. The article focuses on medicinal properties of extracts derived from different vegetative parts of three Cucurbitaceae species viz. ash gourd (Benincasa hispida), bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) and bitter gourd (Momordica charantia). The competency of extracts derived from these plants using different extraction solutions and techniques were tested against various diseases. These plants were found to possess antioxidant activity, analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity, central nervous system activity, antihyperglycemic and antidiabetics, anti-hyperlipidemic activity, antimicrobial activity and anthelmintic activity, cytotoxic and anticancer activity, immunomodulatory effect, cardioprotective effects, hepatoprotective activity, bronchospasm protective activity, antidiarrheal activity, and diuretic activity.

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葫芦科蔬菜的营养保健应用:贝南卡菜、丝瓜Lagenaria siceraria和苦瓜

在许多文明中，食品和食品制品作为药物的使用已经实践了几个世纪。在阿育吠陀和古代中医中，葫芦科植物的提取物已被用于制备治疗多种疾病的药物。本文主要研究了葫芦科三种植物——葫芦(Benincasa hispida)、葫芦(Lagenaria siceraria)和苦瓜(Momordica charantia)不同营养部位提取物的药用特性。采用不同的提取溶液和提取技术对这些植物的提取物进行了抗各种疾病的能力测试。这些植物被发现具有抗氧化活性、镇痛和抗炎活性、中枢神经系统活性、降糖和降糖活性、抗高血脂活性、抗菌活性和驱虫药活性、细胞毒性和抗癌活性、免疫调节作用、心脏保护作用、肝脏保护作用、支气管痉挛保护活性、止泻活性和利尿活性。

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