A comprehensive review on bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) as a gold mine of functional bioactive components for therapeutic foods  

作　　者：K.S.Gayathry Jenny Ann John 

机构地区：[1]Faculty of Ocean Science and Technology,Kerala(Department of Food Science and Technology),Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies(KUFOS),Panangad P.O.,Kochi,Kerala,682506,India

出　　处：《Food Production, Processing and Nutrition》2022年第1期107-120,共14页食物生产加工与营养（英文）

摘　　要：Bitter gourd is a tropical wine grown mainly in India, China and South East Asia. The plant is cultivated mainly for its fruit part which is edible. Bitter gourd is unaccepted widely due to its bitter taste. Nevertheless, the fruit is a source of several key nutrients. The plant, as a whole contains, more than 60 phyto-medicines that are active against more than 30 diseases, including cancer and diabetes. Currently, the incorporation of the bioactive compounds isolated from bitter gourd into functional foods and beverages finds a new horizon. Nanoencapsulation and novel green extraction methods can be employed to improve the yield and quality of extracted compounds and their stability while incorporation into food products. The present review is an attempt to throw light to nutritional aspects, various bioactive compounds present and important nutraceutical properties of the bitter gourd plant in detail.

关 键 词：Bitter gourd Bioactive NUTRACEUTICAL Extraction ENCAPSULATION 

分 类 号：TS201.4[轻工技术与工程—食品科学]