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Nutritional Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach Leaf
The leaf of C. dipsaceus was evaluated for its nutritional and antioxidant properties. From the present investigation, significant amount of almost all essential amino acids and important minerals were quantified. Low levels of trypsin inhibitory units, phenolics, and tannins content were found as a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826466/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24288509 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/890451 |
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author | Chandran, Rahul Nivedhini, V. Parimelazhagan, Thangaraj |
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description | The leaf of C. dipsaceus was evaluated for its nutritional and antioxidant properties. From the present investigation, significant amount of almost all essential amino acids and important minerals were quantified. Low levels of trypsin inhibitory units, phenolics, and tannins content were found as antinutritional content. Further, hot water extract of C. dipsaceus showed good activity especially in ABTS(+), metal chelating, nitric oxide, and DPPH assays. Hence, the results conclude that C. dipsaceus could be a valuable nutraceutical supplement to the human diet. |
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spelling | pubmed-38264662013-11-28 Nutritional Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach Leaf Chandran, Rahul Nivedhini, V. Parimelazhagan, Thangaraj ScientificWorldJournal Research Article The leaf of C. dipsaceus was evaluated for its nutritional and antioxidant properties. From the present investigation, significant amount of almost all essential amino acids and important minerals were quantified. Low levels of trypsin inhibitory units, phenolics, and tannins content were found as antinutritional content. Further, hot water extract of C. dipsaceus showed good activity especially in ABTS(+), metal chelating, nitric oxide, and DPPH assays. Hence, the results conclude that C. dipsaceus could be a valuable nutraceutical supplement to the human diet. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3826466/ /pubmed/24288509 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/890451 Text en Copyright © 2013 Rahul Chandran et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Chandran, Rahul Nivedhini, V. Parimelazhagan, Thangaraj Nutritional Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach Leaf |
title | Nutritional Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach Leaf |
title_full | Nutritional Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach Leaf |
title_fullStr | Nutritional Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach Leaf |
title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach Leaf |
title_short | Nutritional Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach Leaf |
title_sort | nutritional composition and antioxidant properties of cucumis dipsaceus ehrenb. ex spach leaf |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826466/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24288509 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/890451 |
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