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SUBMITTER: Ul Haq F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6831693 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ul Haq Faraz F Ali Arslan A Khan Muhammad Noman MN Shah Syed Muhammad Zaki SMZ Kandel Ram Chandra RC Aziz Nudrat N Adhikari Achyut A Choudhary M Iqbal MI Ur-Rahman Atta- A El-Seedi Hesham R HR Musharraf Syed Ghulam SG
Scientific reports 20191105 1
Cucurbitaceae is an important plant family because many of its species are consumed as food, and used in herbal medicines, cosmetics, etc. It comprises annual vines and is rich in various bioactive principles which include the cucurbitacins. These steroidal natural products, derived from the triterpene cucurbitane, are mainly the bitter principles of the family Cucurbitaceae. Their biological activities include anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, and anti-cancer activities. A total of 10 specie ...[more]