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Lagenaria siceraria fruit: A review of its phytochemistry, pharmacology, and promising traditional uses
Since ancient times, the Cucurbitaceae family is used as a therapeutic option in human medicine. This family has around 130 genera and 800 species. Researchers have studied the various plants of this family including Lagenaria siceraria due to their medicinal potential. Various properties are benefi...
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author | Saeed, Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Sajjad Amir, Kinza Bi, Jannat Bi Asif, Muhammad Madni, Asadullah Kamboh, Asghar Ali Manzoor, Zahid Younas, Umair Chao, Sun |
author_facet | Saeed, Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Sajjad Amir, Kinza Bi, Jannat Bi Asif, Muhammad Madni, Asadullah Kamboh, Asghar Ali Manzoor, Zahid Younas, Umair Chao, Sun |
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description | Since ancient times, the Cucurbitaceae family is used as a therapeutic option in human medicine. This family has around 130 genera and 800 species. Researchers have studied the various plants of this family including Lagenaria siceraria due to their medicinal potential. Various properties are beneficial for human health, that have been attributed to L. siceraria like antioxidant, hypolipidemic, diuretic, laxative, hepatoprotective, analgesic, antihypertensive, cardioprotective, central nervous system stimulant, anthelmintic, free radical scavenging, immunosuppressive, and adaptogenic. The fruit of this plant is commonly used as a vegetable that has a low-calorie value. The species possess a diverse set of biological compounds like flavonoids, sterols, saponins, and terpenoids. Vitamins, choline, flavonoids, minerals, proteins, terpenoids, and other phytochemicals are also found in the edible parts of this plant. Besides 17 different amino acids, many minerals are reported to be present in the seeds of L. siceraria. According to the USDA nutritional database per 100 g of L. siceraria contains 14 Kcal energy, 3.39 g carbohydrates, 0.62 g protein, 0.2 g fat, and 0.5 g fiber. L. siceraria performs a wide range of pharmacological and physiological actions. The literature reviewed from various sources including PubMed, Science Direct, Google scholar, etc. shows the remarkable potential to treat various human and animal illnesses due to its' potent bioactive chemicals. The key objective of this thorough analysis is to present a summary of the data about the beneficial and harmful effects of L. siceraria intake on human health, as well as in veterinary fields. |
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spelling | pubmed-95235732022-10-01 Lagenaria siceraria fruit: A review of its phytochemistry, pharmacology, and promising traditional uses Saeed, Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Sajjad Amir, Kinza Bi, Jannat Bi Asif, Muhammad Madni, Asadullah Kamboh, Asghar Ali Manzoor, Zahid Younas, Umair Chao, Sun Front Nutr Nutrition Since ancient times, the Cucurbitaceae family is used as a therapeutic option in human medicine. This family has around 130 genera and 800 species. Researchers have studied the various plants of this family including Lagenaria siceraria due to their medicinal potential. Various properties are beneficial for human health, that have been attributed to L. siceraria like antioxidant, hypolipidemic, diuretic, laxative, hepatoprotective, analgesic, antihypertensive, cardioprotective, central nervous system stimulant, anthelmintic, free radical scavenging, immunosuppressive, and adaptogenic. The fruit of this plant is commonly used as a vegetable that has a low-calorie value. The species possess a diverse set of biological compounds like flavonoids, sterols, saponins, and terpenoids. Vitamins, choline, flavonoids, minerals, proteins, terpenoids, and other phytochemicals are also found in the edible parts of this plant. Besides 17 different amino acids, many minerals are reported to be present in the seeds of L. siceraria. According to the USDA nutritional database per 100 g of L. siceraria contains 14 Kcal energy, 3.39 g carbohydrates, 0.62 g protein, 0.2 g fat, and 0.5 g fiber. L. siceraria performs a wide range of pharmacological and physiological actions. The literature reviewed from various sources including PubMed, Science Direct, Google scholar, etc. shows the remarkable potential to treat various human and animal illnesses due to its' potent bioactive chemicals. The key objective of this thorough analysis is to present a summary of the data about the beneficial and harmful effects of L. siceraria intake on human health, as well as in veterinary fields. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9523573/ /pubmed/36185670 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.927361 Text en Copyright © 2022 Saeed, Khan, Amir, Bi, Asif, Madni, Kamboh, Manzoor, Younas and Chao. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Nutrition Saeed, Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Sajjad Amir, Kinza Bi, Jannat Bi Asif, Muhammad Madni, Asadullah Kamboh, Asghar Ali Manzoor, Zahid Younas, Umair Chao, Sun Lagenaria siceraria fruit: A review of its phytochemistry, pharmacology, and promising traditional uses |
title | Lagenaria siceraria fruit: A review of its phytochemistry, pharmacology, and promising traditional uses |
title_full | Lagenaria siceraria fruit: A review of its phytochemistry, pharmacology, and promising traditional uses |
title_fullStr | Lagenaria siceraria fruit: A review of its phytochemistry, pharmacology, and promising traditional uses |
title_full_unstemmed | Lagenaria siceraria fruit: A review of its phytochemistry, pharmacology, and promising traditional uses |
title_short | Lagenaria siceraria fruit: A review of its phytochemistry, pharmacology, and promising traditional uses |
title_sort | lagenaria siceraria fruit: a review of its phytochemistry, pharmacology, and promising traditional uses |
topic | Nutrition |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9523573/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36185670 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.927361 |
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