Momordicoside is any of several related cucurbitane triterpenoid
glycoside
In chemistry, a glycoside is a molecule in which a sugar is bound to another functional group via a glycosidic bond. Glycosides play numerous important roles in living organisms. Many plants store chemicals in the form of inactive glycosides. ...
s that can be extracted from the
bitter melon
''Momordica charantia'' (commonly called bitter melon, cerassee, goya, bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, karela, karavila and many more #Uses, names listed below) is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitac ...
vine (''Momordica charantia'').
[Toshihiro Akihisa, Naoki Higo, Harukuni Tokuda, Motohiko Ukiya, Hiroyuki Akazawa, Yuichi Tochigi, Yumiko Kimura, Takashi Suzuki, and Hoyoku Nishino (2007), "Cucurbitane-Type Triterpenoids from the Fruits of ''Momordica charantia'' and Their Cancer Chemopreventive Effects". ''Journal of Natural Products'', volume 70, pages 1233-1239. ][Jie-Qing Liu, Jian-Chao Chen, Cui-Fang Wang and Ming-Hua Qiu (2009), "New Cucurbitane Triterpenoids and Steroidal Glycoside from ''Momordica charantia''". ''Molecules'', volume 14, pages 4804-4813 ][Liva Harinantenaina, Michi Tanaka, Shigeru Takaoka, Munehiro Oda, Orie Mogami, Masayuki Uchida, and Yoshinori Asakawa (2006), "''Momordica charantia'' Constituents and Antidiabetic Screening of the Isolated Major Compounds". ''Chem. Pharm. Bull.'' volume 54, issue 7, pages 1017—1021. ][Jie‐Qing Liu, Jian‐Chao Chen, Cui‐Fang Wang and Ming‐Hua Qiu (2010), "One new cucurbitane triterpenoid from the fruits of ''Momordica charantia''". ''European Journal Chemistry'', volume 1, issue 4, pages 294‐296 ] They include:
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Momordicoside A[
* Momordicoside B][
* momordicoside F1][
* Momordicoside L][
* Momordicoside M][
* Momordicoside N][
* Momordicoside S][
Momordicosides A, B, F1, F2 K–N, and S can be extracted from the fruit with ]methanol
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See also
* Charantoside Charantoside is any of several related cucurbitane triterpenoid glycosides found in the fruits bitter melon vine (''Momordica charantia''). They include:
* charantoside I, (19R,23E)-5β,19-Epoxy-19-methoxycucurbita-6,23,25-trien-3β-ol 3-O-β-D-gl ...
* Goyaglycoside Goyaglycoside is any of several related triterpenoid glycosides found in the fruits bitter melon vine (''Momordica charantia''), called ''goya'' in Okinawan language. They include:
* goyaglycoside c.
* goyaglycoside d.
Goyaglycosides c and d can ...
* Karaviloside Karaviloside is any of several related cucurbitane triterpenoid glycosides found in bitter melon vine (''Momordica charantia'').Toshihiro Akihisa, Naoki Higo, Harukuni Tokuda, Motohiko Ukiya, Hiroyuki Akazawa, Yuichi Tochigi, Yumiko Kimura, Takashi ...
References
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Triterpene glycosides