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Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng., belonging to family cucurbitaceae, is a large climber generally found under wild growing condition in the Cachar hills region of Assam, India. The fruits of this tuberous plant are supposed to possess high nutritional and medicinal properties and have been widely used in many traditional medicine practices. The present study was carried out to scientifically validate the presence of nutritional property and antioxidant activity of Momordica cochinchinensis found in this part of India. The experimental result reveals that the fruits have a high nutraceutical property and a considerable amount of antioxidative activity as the IC50 value was found to be 294.13 ± 0.46 μg/ml.
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Sarmah, P., Dutta, S. & Sarma, A. Phyto-chemical properties of Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng: an underutilised wild edible fruit from Cachar Hills, Assam. Agroforest Syst 92, 85–89 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-016-0016-y
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