Isolation and characterisation of a novel cysteine-rich peptide from momordica charantia seeds

• Main Author: Low, Ee Lynn
• Other Authors: Liu Chuan Fa
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171858
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Momordica charantia, a fruit commonly known as bitter gourd or bitter melon, belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, which is well known to contain plant species abundant in cysteine-rich peptides. A lot of attention has been directed to members of this family for the antimicrobial properties of cystei...