Bitter melon or Momordica charantia,Bitter gourd,bitter apple,wild cucumber,bitter cucumber,balsam pear,karela.

Contents

• Basic Botanical Data of Momordica charantia.
• Plant Description of Momordica charantia.
• Phytochemicals and Constituents of Momordica charantia.
• Purification and characterization of Charantin.
• Charantin and Blood sugar management.
• Momordica charantia and Its Fame.
• Actions And Properties in Brief.
• Suggestions and Pharmakon Use of Momordica charantia.
• Momordica charantia Class.
• Photo Gallery of Momordica charantia.

Purification and characterization of Charantin.:

A peptide designated charantin, with a molecular mass of 9.7 kDa, was isolated from bitter gourd seeds. The procedure comprised affinity chromatography on Affi-gel blue gel, ion-exchange chromatography on Mono S and gel filtration on Superdex 75. The N-terminal sequence of charantin exhibited marked similarity to that of the 7.8-kDa napin-like peptide previously isolated from bitter gourd seeds.
 Charantin inhibited cell-free translation in a rabbit reticulocyte lysate system with an IC50 of 400 nm, a potency lower than that of the previously reported small ribosome-inactivating protein gamma-momorcharin (IC50 = 55 nm) which also exhibited an abundance of arginine and glutamate/glutamine residues. Charantin reacted positively in the N-glycosidase assay, yielding a band similar to that formed by the small ribosome-inactivating proteins gamma-momorcharin and luffin S.

Reference:

• 1.Bitter melon or Momordica charantia,Bitter gourd,bitter apple,wild cucumber,bitter cucumber,balsam pear,karela.

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♣ last edit date:09th,Oct.2010.