A comprehensive review on bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) as a gold mine of functional bioactive components for therapeutic foods
Abstract Bitter gourd is a tropical wine grown mainly in India, China and South East Asia. The plant is cultivated mainly for its fruit part which is edible. Bitter gourd is unaccepted widely due to its bitter taste. Nevertheless, the fruit is a source of several key nutrients. The plant, as a whole...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Food Production, Processing and Nutrition |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43014-022-00089-x |