Bitter melon or Momordica charantia,Bitter gourd,bitter apple,wild cucumber,bitter cucumber,balsam pear,karela.
Contents:
- Basic Botanical Data of Momordica charantia.
- Plant Description of Momordica charantia.
- Phytochemicals and Constituents of Momordica charantia.
- Purification and characterization of Charantin.
- Charantin and Blood sugar management.
- Momordica charantia and Its Fame.
- Actions And Properties in Brief.
- Suggestions and Pharmakon Use of Momordica charantia.
- Momordica charantia Class.
- Photo Gallery of Momordica charantia.
Purification and characterization of Charantin.
A peptide designated charantin, with a molecular mass of 9.7 kDa, was isolated from bitter gourd seeds. The procedure comprised affinity chromatography on Affi-gel blue gel, ion-exchange chromatography on Mono S and gel filtration on Superdex 75. The N-terminal sequence of charantin exhibited marked similarity to that of the 7.8-kDa napin-like peptide previously isolated from bitter gourd seeds.
Charantin inhibited cell-free translation in a rabbit reticulocyte lysate system with an IC50 of 400 nm, a potency lower than that of the previously reported small ribosome-inactivating protein gamma-momorcharin (IC50 = 55 nm) which also exhibited an abundance of arginine and glutamate/glutamine residues. Charantin reacted positively in the N-glycosidase assay, yielding a band similar to that formed by the small ribosome-inactivating proteins gamma-momorcharin and luffin S.
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1.Bitter melon or Momordica charantia,Bitter gourd,bitter apple,wild cucumber,bitter cucumber,balsam pear,karela.
last edit date:25th,Feb.2010.
- Name:Bitter melon Extract.
- Serie No:S-004.
- Specifications:Charantin 10%UV,10:1 TLC.
- INCI Name:Momordica Charantia Fruit Extract
- EINECS/ELINCS No.:N/A
- CAS: N/A
- Chem/IUPAC Name:N/A





