sandmountainherbs/cucumber_chinese.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_gourd en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichosanthes_kirilowii en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichosanthes_dioica ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Trichosanthes Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. 2008 Jan 22;5(2):173-9. Phyto-constituents and anti-oxidant activity of the pulp of snake tomato (Trichosanthes cucumerina L.). The phyto-constituents and antioxidant activity of the fruit pulp of Trichosanthes cucumerina L. have not been reported in literature and were therefore studied. Two identified morphotypes of this plant (Morphotype I [V1] having long fruit with deep green background and white stripes; and Morphotype II [V2] having light green coloured long fruit) were used for the studies. The dry matter contents of the pulp of the V1 and V2 were 10.9 and 9.6 g/100 g fresh weight (FW), while the ascorbic acid contents were 25.7 and 24.8 mg/100 g fresh weight (FW), and lycopene contents were 18.0 and 16.1 mg/100 g FW, respectively. The total phenolics, total flavonoids and total ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) of V2 were significantly higher (P< 0.05) than that of V1 by 46.8%, 78.0% and 26.2%, respectively. Bulk of the carotenoids is made up of lutein in the concentration of 15.6 and 18.4 mg/100 g FW, for V1 and V2, respectively. The alpha-carotene contents were 10.3 and 10.7 mg/100 g FW while the beta-carotene contents were 2.4 and 2.8 mg/100 g FW for V1 and V2, respectively. It is concluded from the results of this study that the two morphotypes of T. cucumerina possess valuable nutraceutical properties that can qualify them as viable substitute to the Solanaceous tomato. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2816537/?tool=pubmed Planta Med. 2009 Jun;75(8):839-42. Epub 2009 Mar 13. Cytotoxic properties of root extract and fruit juice of Trichosanthes cucumerina. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19288406 J Nat Prod. 2012 Apr 27;75(4):591-8. Epub 2012 Feb 16. Bryonolic Acid Transcriptional Control of Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Genes in Macrophages in Vitro and in Vivo. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22339499
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