Momordicine II may have antidiabetic activity, it significantly stimulated insulin secretion. It also can deter oviposition by L. trifolii significantly.
Momordicosides K and L, the main bitter taste triterpene glycosides in Bitter melon; and bitter melon has been reported to have hypoglycemic, anti atherogenic and anti HIV activities.
Karavilagenin D exhibits inhibitory effects on skin-tumor promotion in an in vivo two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis test based on 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) as initiator, and with TPA as a promoter. It exhibits inhibition effect against human
Cucurbitadienol has significant anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor effect, is also CucurbitacinBE compounds biosynthesis the key intermediate. Cucurbitadienol synthase, the first committed enzyme for cucurbitacin biosynthesis, is a distinct enzyme from cycloar