“…Studies reveal that cucurbitacins have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and analgesic effects (Menezes et al, 2004;Miró, 2004;Pereira et al, 1996 ;Peters et al, 1997Peters et al, , 1999Peters et al, , 2003Siqueira et al, 2007;Duncan et al, 1996;Konoshima et al, 1995;Lazaris et al, 1997;Miró, 1995;Rauh et al, 2011;Valente, 2004). Flavanoids have suppressing effects on a series of reactive species, thus preventing or reducing the extent of oxidative damage (Klimczak et al, 2007;Oliveira et al, 2009).…”