Edible Vitalmelon Fruit Extract Inhibits Adipogenesis and Ameliorates High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity

Table 2

Fruit fresh weight and cucurbitacin content at the fruiting stage in seed parent (female), pollen parent (male), and F1 plants^Z).

	Sampling days after anthesis
	0	10	20	30	40	50
Fruit fresh weight (g·fruit^-1)
Female	^bEy)	^cD	^cCD	^cC	^aAB	^cA
Male	^aE	^aD	^aC	^aB	^aAB	^aA
F1	^bE	^bD	^bC	^bA	^bAB	^bAB
Cucurbitacin A (μg·g^-1 dry weight)
Female	^bC	^nsB	^nsA	^aAB	^aAB	^aBC
Male	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
F1	^aAB	^nsA	^nsA	^bB	^bC	ND
Cucurbitacin B (μg·g^-1 dry weight)
Female	^nsB	^aAB	^aA	^aC	^aDE	^aE
Male	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
F1	^nsA	^bB	^bC	^bD	^bE	^bF

^z)Wild melon (Cucumis melo var. reticulatus (CR)) was crossed with the Moneymaker cultivar (Cucumis melo var. makuwa Makino (CM)). ^y)Values in a column followed by the same lowercase and uppercase letters are not significantly different (). Values are presented as (SD) from the analysis of six randomly selected fruits of each variety.