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Recent Progress in Extraction, Chemical Structure and Bioactivities of Momordica charantia Polysaccharides

GONG Bin1,2, SHEN Mingyue1,*, HE Lingling1,2, XIE Jianhua1,*   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China;
    2. College of Light Industry and Food Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
  • Online:2015-11-15 Published:2015-12-03

Abstract:

Momordica charantia has been used historically as a herbal medicine and vegetable for thousands of years.
Modern phytochemical and pharmacological experiments have proved that polysaccharide is one of its major active
components. In recent decades, Momordica charantia polysaccharide, as a complex heteroglycan, has attracted a great
deal of attention in the biomedical field due to its biological activities. In this paper, the latest progress in the extraction,
separation, physicalchemical properties, structural characteristics and bioactivities of Momordica charantia polysaccharides
is reviewed systematically, and future prospect is also discussed.

Key words: Momordica charantia polysaccharide, separation and purification, physicochemical properties, structure, bioactivity

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