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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| description | 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 contains, more than 60 phyto-medicines that are active against more than 30 diseases, including cancer and diabetes. Currently, the incorporation of the bioactive compounds isolated from bitter gourd into functional foods and beverages finds a new horizon. Nanoencapsulation and novel green extraction methods can be employed to improve the yield and quality of extracted compounds and their stability while incorporation into food products. The present review is an attempt to throw light to nutritional aspects, various bioactive compounds present and important nutraceutical properties of the bitter gourd plant in detail. Graphical Abstract |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f4636dd75f1d43d18d19326c7ee86fec2022-12-22T02:43:39ZengBMCFood Production, Processing and Nutrition2661-89742022-05-014111410.1186/s43014-022-00089-xA comprehensive review on bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) as a gold mine of functional bioactive components for therapeutic foodsK. S. Gayathry0Jenny Ann John1Faculty of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala (Department of Food Science and Technology), Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS)Faculty of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala (Department of Food Science and Technology), Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS)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 contains, more than 60 phyto-medicines that are active against more than 30 diseases, including cancer and diabetes. Currently, the incorporation of the bioactive compounds isolated from bitter gourd into functional foods and beverages finds a new horizon. Nanoencapsulation and novel green extraction methods can be employed to improve the yield and quality of extracted compounds and their stability while incorporation into food products. The present review is an attempt to throw light to nutritional aspects, various bioactive compounds present and important nutraceutical properties of the bitter gourd plant in detail. Graphical Abstracthttps://doi.org/10.1186/s43014-022-00089-xBitter gourdBioactiveNutraceuticalExtractionEncapsulation |
| spellingShingle | K. S. Gayathry Jenny Ann John A comprehensive review on bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) as a gold mine of functional bioactive components for therapeutic foods Food Production, Processing and Nutrition Bitter gourd Bioactive Nutraceutical Extraction Encapsulation |
| title | A comprehensive review on bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) as a gold mine of functional bioactive components for therapeutic foods |
| title_full | A comprehensive review on bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) as a gold mine of functional bioactive components for therapeutic foods |
| title_fullStr | A comprehensive review on bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) as a gold mine of functional bioactive components for therapeutic foods |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comprehensive review on bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) as a gold mine of functional bioactive components for therapeutic foods |
| title_short | A comprehensive review on bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) as a gold mine of functional bioactive components for therapeutic foods |
| title_sort | comprehensive review on bitter gourd momordica charantia l as a gold mine of functional bioactive components for therapeutic foods |
| topic | Bitter gourd Bioactive Nutraceutical Extraction Encapsulation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43014-022-00089-x |
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