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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2016.45.4.518

Nutritional Components and Antioxidant Activity of Dry Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia L.)  

Lee, Youn Ri (Department of Food and Nutrition, Daejeon Health Sciences College)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.45, no.4, 2016 , pp. 518-523 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the nutritional components and antioxidant activity of dry bitter melon (Momordica charantia L.). The moisture, crude protein, crude fat, crude ash, carbohydrate, and ascorbic acid contents of dry bitter melon were 6.10%, 3.31%, 1.08%, 2.31%, 87.20%, and 908.84 mg/100 g, respectively. Potassium was the most abundant mineral, followed by Mg, P, Na, Ca, Zn, Cu, and Mn, which means dry bitter melon was an alkali material. Regarding amino acid contents, dry bitter melon was rich in arginine, urea, asparagine, ${\gamma}-aminobutyric$ acid, and alanine. Total polyphenol and total flavonoid contents of dry bitter melon extract were 36.08 mg gallic acid equivalents/extract g and 15.66 mg tannic acid equivalents/extract g, respectively. The $IC_{50}$ value for 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging activity was 9.81 mg/mL for dry bitter melon ethanol extracts.
Keywords
dry bitter melon; ascorbic acid; mineral; amino acid; antioxidant activity;
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