Antioxidant and hypoglycaemic effects of local bitter gourd fruit (Momordica charantia)

• Main Authors: Tan, Ee Shian, Abdullah, Aminah, Kassim, Nur Kartinee, Zainal Ariffin, Shahrul Hisham
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sphinx Knowledge House 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43799/1/Antioxidant%20and%20hypoglycaemic%20effects%20of%20local%20bitter%20gourd%20fruit%20%28Momordica%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43799/; http://www.sphinxsai.com/2015/ph_vol8_no1/ph01.htm
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Antioxidant and anti-diabetic properties of two local bitter gourd species namely peria kambas and peria katak were screened with 3 antioxidant assays (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl [DPPH], the ability of ferricion reduction in plasma [FRAP] and total phenolic content [TPC]) and 2 inhibition assays...