Medicinal value and research progress of functional components of bitter gourd
YANG Zihan
HU Shuoran
ZHU Huixia
Abstract：As a vegetable with rich nutritional and medicinal value,bitter gourd has received widespread attention in the fields of food and medicine.This paper summarises the main functional components of bitter gourd,including saponins,polysaccharides,flavonoids,etc.,describes its medicinal value in hypoglycemia,antioxidant and anti-aging,anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory,etc.,reviews the current status of the application of bitter gourd in food processing,and looks for-ward to the future development direction,aiming at providing references to the further research and utilization of bitter gourd.
Keywords：Bitter gourdFunctional compositionMedicinal valueFood processing
Publication Date：2025-09-05
Online Publishing Date：2025-09-29(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 9-14 )