Carotenoid Pigments in GAC Fruit (<i>Momordica cochinchinensis</i>SPRENG)

Aoki, Hiromitsu; Kieu, Nguyen Thi Minh; Kuze, Noriko; Tomisaka, Kazue; Chuyên, Nguyễn Văn

doi:10.1271/bbb.66.2479

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“…A major carotenoid, lycopene, a red carotenoid, is only accumulated in the final stage when the pulp began to turn red [21]. Lycopene found to be high in aril and low in pulp but not detected in seeds [22]. On the other hand, the content of lutein was found to be rich in peel (yellow) fractions, which was substantially higher than other fractions.…”

Section: Carotenoidsmentioning

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Food prospects and nutraceutical attributes of Momordica species: A potential tropical bioresources – A review

Nagarani

Abirami

Siddhuraju

2014

Food Science and Human Wellness

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Plants with potential therapeutic values have been used from time immemorial to cure various ailments and infectious diseases. Of late, scientific evidences have been provided on the potential therapeutic agent exhibited by certain traditionally used vegetable extracts. The importance of wild edible plants may be traced to antiquity but systemic studies are recent. All the Momordica species have been consumed as vegetable and traditionally used for various disorders. The whole plant parts are ascribed to possess the anti-diabetic effect in traditional medicinal system. The active constituents of Momordica plant parts were cucurbitane type triterpenoids, phenolics, glycosides, and several kinds of peptides including Momordica anti-HIV protein (MAP 30). Recent reports revealed the presence of several kinds of cucurbitane type triterpenoids in leaf, stem and fruits of Momordica species having several pharmacological activities. There is lack of scientific information available on the wild species which also having several bioactive components with potential activities. So the present review compares and highlights the current knowledge of the nutritional value, phytochemistry and physiological effects of wild species with known variety.

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Section: Carotenoidsmentioning

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“…Especially, M. cochinchinensis is very popular for its high content of lycopene and β-carotene [22]. Table 4 summarizes the carotenoids content that were found in the analyzed species.…”

Section: Carotenoidsmentioning

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Food prospects and nutraceutical attributes of Momordica species: A potential tropical bioresources – A review

Nagarani

Abirami

Siddhuraju

2014

Food Science and Human Wellness

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“…Lycopene is of interest, because of the correlation of reduced risk of certain cancers, such as prostate and lung (Gerster, 1997;Giovannucci, 1999;Michaud et al, 2000;Giovannucci et al, 2002). The gac aril contains high oil content and fatty acid compositions, which 69% are unsaturated and 35% of those are polyunsaturated fatty acids, and also contains the highest amount of -carotene and lycopene (Aoki et al, 2002;Vuong and King, 2003;Vuong et al, 2006).…”

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Genetic diversity of gac [Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng] accessions collected from Mekong delta of Vietnam revealed by RAPD markers

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Biet³

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Aust J Crop Sci

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Gac (Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng) (2n = 28) belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. It is indigenous throughout in Vietnam as well as in South East Asia. To estimate the genetic diversity, 20 gac accessions collected in Mekong river delta were analyzed using 10 RAPD primers. Total of 126 fragments were obtained from ten RAPD primers, with 114 polymorphic fragments, and average of 11.4 fragments per primer. The high level of polymorphism (90.4%) was found across 20 gac accessions. The high est Nei's gene diversity value among gac accessions was H = 0.40, and the lowest was H = 0.29 with a mean of 0.36. The highest Shannon diversity index value among gac accessions was H' = 0.58 and the lowest was H' = 0.46 with an average of 0.53. Cluster analysis for genetic relationship between accessions displayed that 20 gac accessions grouped into four main clusters which genetic distance coefficient ranged from 0.29 to 0.64 and with an average of 0.54. There were defined groups according to their locations. According to these results, RAPD technique can be useful tool in genetic diversity evaluation of gac. The information achieved could also be useful for gac breeding program, cultivar differentiation and conservation.

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“…Since MC extract has been proved for its high antioxidant activities (Kubola & Siriamornpun), besides decreasing of MDA, it has been assumed that MC aril extract may have abilities in increasing of catalase and glutathione peroxidase in the testicular tissue as previously reported (Hamza & Amin; Sakr et al). Such activities may be the actions of high caratenoids, especially lycopene and b-carotene contents (Aoki et al, 2002;Kubola et al, 2013) and vitamin E (Vuong le et al, 2002). Therefore, MC aril extract containing high antioxidant capacity could prevent adverse reproductive parameters of VPA-treated rats as previously reported (Hamza & Amin;Sakr et al;Iamsaard et al;Ourique et al, 2016) via oxidative pathways.…”

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Protective Effect of Momordica cochinchinensis (L.) Spreng Aril Extract on Essential Testicular Markers in Rats Induced with Valproic Acid

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SITTHICHAI, I.; WANNISA, S.; APICHAKARN, S. & BUNGORN, S.Protective effect of Momordica cochinchinensis (L.) spreng aril extract on essential testicular markers in rats induced with valproic acid. Int. J. Morphol., 35(3):992-999, 2017. SUMMARY:Valproic acid (VPA), an anti-epileptic drug, has been reported to cause male sub/infertility. Together with searching for alternative treatments, the degrees to which testosterone levels and sperm quality are decreased under VPA treatment also need to be clarified. This study aimed to investigate the protective effects of Momordica cochinchinensis (MC) aril extract containing antioxidant capacity on adverse reproductive parameters induced with VPA. Rats were divided into 6 groups (control, VPA, 200 mg kg-1 of MC only, 50, 100, 200 mg kg-1 MC+VPA, respectively, n=8 in each). Animals were pretreated with MC extract for 23 days before coadministration with VPA (500 mg kg-1, i.p.) for 10 consecutive days. All reproductive parameters including histology, and expression of androgen receptor (AR), Ki-67, tyrosine phosphorylated proteins, and steroidogenic proteins in testis were examined. The results showed that MC could prevent all reproductive parameters in VPA-treated rats. Moreover, MC+VPA groups showed significant declining of testicular histopathologies compared to VPA group. It also decreased the malondialdehyde level and changes of the testicular StAR, AR, and tyrosine phosphorylated protein expressions. In conclusion, M. cochinchinensis aril extract can prevent adverse male reproductive parameters and essential testicular proteins damages induced with VPA.

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Carotenoid Pigments in GAC Fruit (Momordica cochinchinensisSPRENG)

Cited by 108 publications

References 11 publications

Food prospects and nutraceutical attributes of Momordica species: A potential tropical bioresources – A review

Food prospects and nutraceutical attributes of Momordica species: A potential tropical bioresources – A review

Genetic diversity of gac [Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng] accessions collected from Mekong delta of Vietnam revealed by RAPD markers

Protective Effect of Momordica cochinchinensis (L.) Spreng Aril Extract on Essential Testicular Markers in Rats Induced with Valproic Acid

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