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A review on Phytochemical analysis of Momordica charantia

@inproceedings{Daniel2014ARO,
  title={A review on Phytochemical analysis of Momordica charantia},
  author={Prarthna Daniel and Ujjwala Supe},
  year={2014}
}
Momordica charantia commonly known as bitter melon/gourd, a member of Cucarbitaceae, is a slender, tendril climbing, annual vine. Bitter melon is a common food in tropics and is widely used as medicinal plants in countries like India, Brazil, China, Africa etc. In M. charantia primary metabolites are common sugars, proteins and chlorophyll while secondary metabolites are alkaloids, flavonoids, tanins, saponins, disogenin, proteins, calcium, copper etc. Secondary metabolites are responsible for… 
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