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Momordica charantia

Momordica charantia often called bitter melon, bitter gourd or bitter squash in English, has many other local names. Goya from the indigenous language of Okinawa where there is a large US military presence and karavella from Sanskrit are also used by English-language speakers.
It is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit, which is among the most bitter of all fruits. Its many varieties differ substantially in the shape and bitterness of the fruit. This is a plant of the tropics.
The plant contains several biologically active compounds, chiefly momordicin I and momordicin II, and cucurbitacin B. The plants contains also several bioactive glycosides (including momordin, charantin, charantosides, goyaglycosides, momordicosides) and other terpenoid compounds (including momordicin-28, momordicinin, momordicilin, momordenol, and momordol).

Momordica charantia
Research products of Momordica charantia
Catalog Product Name CAS Number Manual
CFN97295Momordicoside G81371-54-2  PDF
CFN99351Clerosterol glucoside123621-00-1  PDF
CFN97300Momordicoside I aglycone81910-41-0  PDF
CFN978165,19-Epoxy-19R,25-dimethoxycucurbita-6,23-dien-3-ol85372-72-1  PDF
CFN97478Karavilagenin A912329-03-4  PDF
CFN972995,19-Epoxy-25-methoxycucurbita-6,23-dien-3-ol81910-39-6  PDF
CFN97506Karavilagenin D934739-29-4  PDF
CFN92378Cucurbitadienol35012-08-9  PDF
CFN92073Kuguacin J1141453-65-7  PDF
CFN92074Kuguacin N1141453-73-7  n/a
CFN92572Charantadiol A1220890-23-2  n/a
CFN92075Kuguacin R191097-54-8  n/a
CFN98090Bombiprenone21978-49-4  PDF
CFN92309Kuguaglycoside C1041631-93-9  PDF
CFN974175,19-Epoxy-19S,25-dimethoxycucurbita-6,23-dien-3-ol85372-70-9  PDF
CFN92076Momordicine I91590-76-0  PDF
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