Modern Research bitter.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 12 Modern Research bitter Author: Lu Jian-feng Song Poma 100 ping [Abstract] based at home and abroad for nearly 30 years reported in the literature on sources of chemical constituents in bitter melon, structure, and pharmacological activity of the type were reviewed for their further development and utilization of reference. [Keywords:] bitter chemical composition of pharmacological effects Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) for the Cucurbitaceae (Curcubitaceae) bitter gourd bitter gourd immature fruit of the genus, so named because of a special bitter. Bitter gourd is not only a good food value, but also a long history of medicine. Modern large number of studies have shown that bitter melon roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds in particular, has significant physical activity significantly reduced their blood sugar, anti-tumor, anti-fertility effect [1,2], more and more people attention. Bitter melon is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, many countries and regions in Asia have documented medicine. A chemical composition Has long been bitter gourd as a vegetable by people to eat, right The chemical constituents of bitter melon began the 20th century, 60 years, in the past 20 years, scholars of their time at home and abroad made a great deal of research. Studies have shown that bitter melon contains triterpenoids [3,4], steroids, alkaloids, proteins, organic acids and polysaccharides and other chemicals. 1.1 triterpenoids bitter melon in triterpenoid [5,6], mainly cucurbitane-type tetracyclic triterpenoids, and a small amount of oleanane-type pentacyclic triterpenoid saponins and their derivatives in recent years, it is separated from be ursane type triterpenoids has been isolated from bitter melon and identified more than 40 kinds of such compounds in Table 1. Table 1 bitter melon in the triterpenoids 1.2-steroidal compounds since 1965 Sucrow [2] isolated from bitter melon fruit steroidal saponi