Open AccessStudies of dietary phytoestrogen from momordica charantia Linn. Seeds
Author(s) -
Sharanabasappa Patil
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of medical and surgical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0719-532X
pISSN - 0719-3904
DOI - 10.32457/ijmss.v7i1.469
Subject(s) - momordica , phytoestrogens , traditional medicine , food science , genistein , chemistry , melon , high performance liquid chromatography , biology , chromatography , estrogen , medicine , horticulture , genetics , endocrinology
Phytoestrogens are secondary plant metabolites produced by plants that are similar in structure of estrogen. Human consumption of these compounds has been associated with many health benefits. In this study, we investigated the potential phytoestrogen content of dietary Momordica charantia Linn. (Bitter melon) seeds were collected from the Hyderabad-Karnataka regions of India.A phenolic dietary phytoestrogen has been isolated from the crude ethanol extract of Bitter melon seeds. After preparative HPLC whitish amorphous compound was yielded. The HPLC purified compound is subjected to spectral analysis using IR, NMR and MS. The spectral data revealed that the phenolphthalein a phytoestrogenic molecule is present in the ethanol extract of dietary Bitter melon seeds.