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Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.]: A potential source for valuable nutrients and functional foods.

Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.], a member of the family Cucurbitaceae, is one of the famous crops that are grown primarily for its fruits and usually recognized with its nutritional and medicinal properties especially in Asian countries. Kundur fruit has been valued as a nutritious vegetab...

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Main Authors: Saari, Nazamid, Abdul Hamid, Azizah, Mohd Zaini , Nurul Aqilah, Anwar, Farooq
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Published: Elsevier 2011
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spelling my.upm.eprints.241762013-10-10T04:51:53Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24176/ Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.]: A potential source for valuable nutrients and functional foods. Saari, Nazamid Abdul Hamid, Azizah Mohd Zaini , Nurul Aqilah Anwar, Farooq Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.], a member of the family Cucurbitaceae, is one of the famous crops that are grown primarily for its fruits and usually recognized with its nutritional and medicinal properties especially in Asian countries. Kundur fruit has been valued as a nutritious vegetable as it provides a good source for natural sugars, amino acids, organic acids, mineral elements and vitamins. A number of medicinal properties such as anti-diarrheal, anti-obesity, anti-ulcer, and antioxidant and diuretic have been ascribed to this fruit of high economic value. As a rich source of functionally important bioactives and therapeutics such as triterpenes, phenolics, sterols, and glycosides, the fruit has been widely used for the treatment of epilepsy, ulcer, and other nervous disorders in the native medicine system of Asia. This review focuses on the cultivation, nutritional and chemical composition, as well as medicinal and therapeutic properties of this multipurpose fruit, as one of the potential sources of bioactives for functional food and nutraceutical applications. Elsevier 2011 Article PeerReviewed Saari, Nazamid and Abdul Hamid, Azizah and Mohd Zaini , Nurul Aqilah and Anwar, Farooq (2011) Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.]: A potential source for valuable nutrients and functional foods. Food Research International, 44 (7). pp. 2368-2376. ISSN 0963-9969, ESSN:1873-7145 http://www.elsevier.com/ 10.1016/j.foodres.2010.10.024 English
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description Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.], a member of the family Cucurbitaceae, is one of the famous crops that are grown primarily for its fruits and usually recognized with its nutritional and medicinal properties especially in Asian countries. Kundur fruit has been valued as a nutritious vegetable as it provides a good source for natural sugars, amino acids, organic acids, mineral elements and vitamins. A number of medicinal properties such as anti-diarrheal, anti-obesity, anti-ulcer, and antioxidant and diuretic have been ascribed to this fruit of high economic value. As a rich source of functionally important bioactives and therapeutics such as triterpenes, phenolics, sterols, and glycosides, the fruit has been widely used for the treatment of epilepsy, ulcer, and other nervous disorders in the native medicine system of Asia. This review focuses on the cultivation, nutritional and chemical composition, as well as medicinal and therapeutic properties of this multipurpose fruit, as one of the potential sources of bioactives for functional food and nutraceutical applications.
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author Saari, Nazamid
Abdul Hamid, Azizah
Mohd Zaini , Nurul Aqilah
Anwar, Farooq
spellingShingle Saari, Nazamid
Abdul Hamid, Azizah
Mohd Zaini , Nurul Aqilah
Anwar, Farooq
Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.]: A potential source for valuable nutrients and functional foods.
author_facet Saari, Nazamid
Abdul Hamid, Azizah
Mohd Zaini , Nurul Aqilah
Anwar, Farooq
author_sort Saari, Nazamid
title Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.]: A potential source for valuable nutrients and functional foods.
title_short Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.]: A potential source for valuable nutrients and functional foods.
title_full Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.]: A potential source for valuable nutrients and functional foods.
title_fullStr Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.]: A potential source for valuable nutrients and functional foods.
title_full_unstemmed Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.]: A potential source for valuable nutrients and functional foods.
title_sort kundur [benincasa hispida (thunb.) cogn.]: a potential source for valuable nutrients and functional foods.
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2011
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24176/
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