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laboratory research,
cucurbitacins have
cytotoxic properties and are
under study for
their potential biological activity.
Cucurbitacins are
chemically classified...
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plant family, but also
cucurbitacins,
which are
better known as
chemical defenses in the
Cucurbitaceae plant family.
Cucurbitacins from
Iberis amara have...
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Cucurbitacin E is a
biochemical compound from the
family of
cucurbitacins.
These are
found in
plants which are
member of the
family Cucurbitaceae, most...
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occasionally used in
sweeter cooking.
Zucchini occasionally contain toxic cucurbitacins,
making them
extremely bitter, and
causing severe gastero-enteric upsets...
- In enzymology, a
cucurbitacin Delta23-reductase (EC 1.3.1.5) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction 23,24-dihydrocucurbitacin + NAD(P)+ ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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Cucurbitacin D is a
plant triterpene first identified in
plants in the
family Cucurbitaceae. In
preliminary in
vitro studies, it has
shown inhibitory properties...
- zucchini, marrows,
pumpkins and cu****bers, can
contain toxins called cucurbitacins.
These are
chemically classified as steroids; they
defend the plants...
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steroid hormone receptors.
Important sub-classes
include sterols and
cucurbitacins.
Triterpenoid saponins are
triterpenes which belong to the
saponin group...
- Bhandari, Pamita; Kumar, Neeraj; Singh, Bikram; Kaul,
Vijay K. (2007). "
Cucurbitacins from
Bacopa monnieri". Phytochemistry. 68 (9): 1248–1254. Bibcode:2007PChem...
- but
bears small, hard
fruits with a
bitter pulp. The
plant contains cucurbitacins and is
unsafe to use. It
originally bore the
scientific name Colocynthis...
