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Bitter gourd — Ingredient · Foodgeist

What science says

compound effect

“In vitro, the GLP-1 secretion in STC-1, a murine enteroendocrine cell line, was dose dependently stimulated by water extract (WE), its fractions (WEL, >3 kD and WES, <3 kD), and a bitter compounds-rich fraction of BG. These stimulations were partially inhibited by probenecid, a bitter taste receptor inhibitor, and by U-73122, a phospholipase C β 2 inhibitor.”

water extract of wild bitter gourd → stimulated → GLP-1 secretion

Role of GLP-1 in the Hypoglycemic Effects of Wild Bitter Gourd DOI →2013DOI

compound effect

“For the bitter gourd flower, the four most abundant compounds were identified as linalool (5% of total headspace), 2-aminobenzaldehyde (27% of total headspace), 1H-indole (33% of total headspace) and methyl anthranilate (32% of total headspace), accounting for over 95% of the headspace volatiles of the flower.”

methyl anthranilate → is one of the most abundant volatile compounds → bitter gourd flower

Headspace–SPME analysis of volatiles of the ridge gourd (<i>Luffa acutangula</i>) and b...DOI →2001DOI

compound effect

“For the bitter gourd flower, the four most abundant compounds were identified as linalool (5% of total headspace), 2-aminobenzaldehyde (27% of total headspace), 1H-indole (33% of total headspace) and methyl anthranilate (32% of total headspace), accounting for over 95% of the headspace volatiles of the flower.”

1H-indole → is one of the most abundant volatile compounds → bitter gourd flower

Headspace–SPME analysis of volatiles of the ridge gourd (<i>Luffa acutangula</i>) and b...DOI →2001DOI

compound effect

“For the bitter gourd flower, the four most abundant compounds were identified as linalool (5% of total headspace), 2-aminobenzaldehyde (27% of total headspace), 1H-indole (33% of total headspace) and methyl anthranilate (32% of total headspace), accounting for over 95% of the headspace volatiles of the flower.”

2-aminobenzaldehyde → is one of the most abundant volatile compounds → bitter gourd flower

Headspace–SPME analysis of volatiles of the ridge gourd (<i>Luffa acutangula</i>) and b...DOI →2001DOI

compound effect

“For the bitter gourd flower, the four most abundant compounds were identified as linalool (5% of total headspace), 2-aminobenzaldehyde (27% of total headspace), 1H-indole (33% of total headspace) and methyl anthranilate (32% of total headspace), accounting for over 95% of the headspace volatiles of the flower.”

linalool → is one of the most abundant volatile compounds → bitter gourd flower

Headspace–SPME analysis of volatiles of the ridge gourd (<i>Luffa acutangula</i>) and b...DOI →2001DOI