What is it about?
Bottle gourd is a common vegetable. It is well-known for its nutritional and therapeutic properties. In this work, extracts were obtained in different solvents. Then, the extracts were evaluated for anti-diabetic, iron chelating, and antioxidant activities, in vitro.
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Why is it important?
The study is important because it tells us which solvent is most suitable for extraction of bioactive substances from the fruit of bottle gourd. Secondly, anti-diabetic and anti-oxidant properties were determined using different in vitro assays.
Perspectives
Drug discovery is important in order to find out more effective, safe and affordable drugs. Drugs from natural sources such as plants generally meet these criteria. Therefore, search for plant-based drugs is important.
Dr Dildar Ahmed
Forman Christian College
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This page is a summary of: Solvents for Extraction of Antidiabetic, Iron Chelating, and Antioxidative Properties from Bottle Gourd Fruit, International Journal of Vegetable Science, December 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/19315260.2017.1409304.
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