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

Table 1

Retention times and fragment ions of bitter gourd saponins.

Bitter gourd saponins	Retention time (min)	MW	Parent ion (m/z) > daughter ion (m/z)
			Quality	Quantity
Momordicoside L	9.52	634	657 > 203	657 > 477
3β,7β,25-trihydroxycucurbita-5,23(E)-dien-19-al	11.51	472	495 > 477	495 > 495
Momordicoside K	14.55	648	671 > 203	671 > 491
Momordicine I	15.24	472	495 > 477	495 > 495
Momordicoside I	15.46	618	641 > 337	641 > 203
Momordicoside F2	15.80	618	641 > 337	641 > 203
Momordicoside F1	24.03	632	655 > 337	655 > 625