Bioactive properties and phenolic profile of Momordica charantia L. medicinal plant growing wild in Trinidad and Tobago

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 95, Issue , 2017, Pages 365-373

  Svobodova, Blanka ^a,b   Barros, Lillian ^a   Calhelha, Ricardo C ^a   Heleno, Sandrina ^a   Alves, Maria Jose ^a   Walcott, Simone ^c   Bittova, Miroslava ^d   Kuban, Vlastimil ^b   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant; Cytotoxicity; Momordica charantia L.; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL CULTURE; CULTIVATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASES; ESSENTIAL OILS; FLAVONOIDS; NITRIC OXIDE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TUMORS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIBACTERIAL SCREENING; HUMAN TUMOR CELL LINES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS;

DIAGNOSIS;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; CANCER; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLITE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PLANT EXTRACT; TOXICITY TEST;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

CUCUMIS; CUCURBITACEAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 85028017390     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.10.046     Document Type: Article

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