Phytochemical Screening and Antioxidant Activity of <i>Trichosanthes cucumerina</i>, <i>Momordica charantia var muricata</i> and <i>Luffa acutangula</i>

Abstract

Background—TC, LA and MCM plants(family: Cucurbitaceae) are widely used in traditional medicine and are important sources of vegetables in the world [...]

Keywords

• phytochemical
• cucurbits
• soxhlet method
• free radical scavenging activity
• antioxidants
• oxidative stress