Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anticancer Activities of Bitter Gourd Fruit Extracts at Three Different Cultivation Stages

In this study, we are presenting the effect of three ripening stages of air-dried bitter gourd fruit extracts on phenolic acid composition, antioxidant, antibacterial, and anticancer activities. The results showed mature bitter gourd fruit extract in 100% methanol showing 78% DPPHº scavenging activi...

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Main Authors: Syed Ali Raza Naqvi, Shafaqat Ali, Tauqir A. Sherazi, Atta-Ul Haq, Muhammad Saeed, Muhammad Sulman, Muhammad Rizwan, Saad Alkahtani, Mohamed M. Abdel-Daim
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Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7394751
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author Syed Ali Raza Naqvi
Shafaqat Ali
Tauqir A. Sherazi
Atta-Ul Haq
Muhammad Saeed
Muhammad Sulman
Muhammad Rizwan
Saad Alkahtani
Mohamed M. Abdel-Daim
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Shafaqat Ali
Tauqir A. Sherazi
Atta-Ul Haq
Muhammad Saeed
Muhammad Sulman
Muhammad Rizwan
Saad Alkahtani
Mohamed M. Abdel-Daim
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description In this study, we are presenting the effect of three ripening stages of air-dried bitter gourd fruit extracts on phenolic acid composition, antioxidant, antibacterial, and anticancer activities. The results showed mature bitter gourd fruit extract in 100% methanol showing 78% DPPHº scavenging activity. Immature dried fruit extract in 80% and 100% methanol showed promising antibacterial activities, i.e., >18.5 ± 0.21 mm zone-of-inhibition against Staphylococcus aureus, while mature dried fruit extract in 80% methanol showed 18.4 ± 0.17 mm zone-of-inhibition against Escherichia coli. Anticancer activity results of 100% methanol extracts of ripened fruit possess showed 6.72 ± 1.81 and 3.55 ± 0.51 mg/mL IC50 values with HeLa and MDBK cancer cell lines, respectively. The overall results indicate that the immature and ripen fruits of BG could be extracted in pure methanol as an antibacterial and anticancer phytomedicine.
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spelling doaj-art-b79fa0a29dd848d98634c8c9722e7e082025-08-20T03:39:29ZengWileyJournal of Chemistry2090-90632090-90712020-01-01202010.1155/2020/73947517394751Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anticancer Activities of Bitter Gourd Fruit Extracts at Three Different Cultivation StagesSyed Ali Raza Naqvi0Shafaqat Ali1Tauqir A. Sherazi2Atta-Ul Haq3Muhammad Saeed4Muhammad Sulman5Muhammad Rizwan6Saad Alkahtani7Mohamed M. Abdel-Daim8Department of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanDepartment of Chemistry, COMSAT University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, PakistanDepartment of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanDepartment of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanDepartment of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaIn this study, we are presenting the effect of three ripening stages of air-dried bitter gourd fruit extracts on phenolic acid composition, antioxidant, antibacterial, and anticancer activities. The results showed mature bitter gourd fruit extract in 100% methanol showing 78% DPPHº scavenging activity. Immature dried fruit extract in 80% and 100% methanol showed promising antibacterial activities, i.e., >18.5 ± 0.21 mm zone-of-inhibition against Staphylococcus aureus, while mature dried fruit extract in 80% methanol showed 18.4 ± 0.17 mm zone-of-inhibition against Escherichia coli. Anticancer activity results of 100% methanol extracts of ripened fruit possess showed 6.72 ± 1.81 and 3.55 ± 0.51 mg/mL IC50 values with HeLa and MDBK cancer cell lines, respectively. The overall results indicate that the immature and ripen fruits of BG could be extracted in pure methanol as an antibacterial and anticancer phytomedicine.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7394751
spellingShingle Syed Ali Raza Naqvi
Shafaqat Ali
Tauqir A. Sherazi
Atta-Ul Haq
Muhammad Saeed
Muhammad Sulman
Muhammad Rizwan
Saad Alkahtani
Mohamed M. Abdel-Daim
Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anticancer Activities of Bitter Gourd Fruit Extracts at Three Different Cultivation Stages
Journal of Chemistry
title Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anticancer Activities of Bitter Gourd Fruit Extracts at Three Different Cultivation Stages
title_full Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anticancer Activities of Bitter Gourd Fruit Extracts at Three Different Cultivation Stages
title_fullStr Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anticancer Activities of Bitter Gourd Fruit Extracts at Three Different Cultivation Stages
title_full_unstemmed Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anticancer Activities of Bitter Gourd Fruit Extracts at Three Different Cultivation Stages
title_short Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anticancer Activities of Bitter Gourd Fruit Extracts at Three Different Cultivation Stages
title_sort antioxidant antibacterial and anticancer activities of bitter gourd fruit extracts at three different cultivation stages
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7394751
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