Momordica cochinchinensis

Aoki, H. et al.. Carotenoid pigments in gac fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis spreng), Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 66, 2479, 2002. 

Ishida, B.K. et al.. Fatty acid and carotenoid composition of gac Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng) fruit, J. Agric. Food Chem., 52, 274, 2004. 

Vuong, L.T. et al., Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng. (gac) fruit carotenoids reevaluated, J. Food Compos. Anal, 19, 664, 2006. 

Lupeol, isolated from the stem bark of Crataeva magna (Lour.) DC. (Capparaceae), reduces the foot-pad thickness and complement activity in arthritic rats (75). Oleano-lie acid saponins isolated from the roots of Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng. is anti-pruritic in rodent (76). 

Vietnamese squash) which are cyclic peptides (cyclotides) [541]. The small size, exceptional stability and protease inhibitor potency of these cyclic squash family PIPs make them potentially very useful lead compounds and structural scaffolds for pharmaceutical development [541], The structures of various squash family PIPs have been determined, namely those of Cucurbita maxima CMTI-I [544, 545], Cucurbita pepo CPTI-n [545], Momordica charantia MCTI-A [556, 557] and the cyclotide Momordica cochinchinensis McoTI-U [541]. The linear squash PIP structures involve anti-parallel P-strand elements beneath a loop which contains the protease binding site [544, 545, 556, 557]. 

Momordica cochinchinensis (Vietnamese squash) (Cucurbitaceae) [seedl MCoTI-I (34 aa 3.5 kDa 6 Cys cyclic peptide) Trypsin (K10-I11) [541]... 

Momordica Momorcochin-S (30kDa basic glycoprotein) Momordica cochinchinensis (Cucurbitaceae) [seed] PAG (rRNA) PSI - RRL (HIV-1 INT)... 

OTHER SPECIAL SEED OILS OF FRUIT, SPICE, AND HERB 6.1. Gac (Momordica cochinchinensis)... 

Gac Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng) is another member of the gourd family (Curcubitaceae). The gac fruit is round and about 18-22 cm in diameter. It is native to Asia and is both consumed as food and used in traditional medicine. The seeds comprise about 16% of the total fresh weight of the fruit. 

Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng.). Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2002 66 2479-2482. 

Felizmenio-Quimio ME, Daly NL, Craik DJ (2001) Circular proteins in plants solution structure of a novel macrocyclic trypsin inhibitor from Momordica cochinchinensis. J Mol Biol 276 22875-22882... 

Hernandez JF, Gagnon J, Chiche L, Nguyen TM, Andrieu JP, Heitz A, Trinh Hong T, Pham TT, Le Nguyen D (2000) Squash trypsin inhibitors from Momordica cochinchinensis exhibit an atypical macrocyclic structure. Biochemistry 39 5722-5730... 

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