Research Article

The Effect of Thermal Processing on the Saponin Profiles of Momordica charantia L.

Figure 1

Structures of specific bitter gourd saponins. (a) Momordicoside L, (b) 3β,7β,25-trihydroxycucurbita-5,23(E)-dien-19-al, (c) momordicoside K, (d) momordicine I, (e) momordicoside I, (f) momordicoside F2, and (g) momordicoside F1. Glc denotes a glucose molecule. All denotes allose. Structures were drawn by MDL ISIS/Draw 2.5.
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