Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 2
Written by Asmaa Ali JAILAWI, Zaid Khaleel KADHIM, Elena Maria DRĂGHICI
Natural products are useful in the treatment of many human ailments as well as in the process of finding new drugs. In general, medications made from naturally occurring products are safer, less expensive, easier to get, and more effective than pure manufactured medications for treating a variety of illnesses. A bitter melon's abundance of bioactive substances, including as saponins, alkaloids, polypeptides, minerals, and vitamins, can help prevent and treat a number of illnesses, including diabetes, cancer, kidney stones, diabetes mellitus, stomach pain, tumor growth, and fever. Steroid saponins, the primary component of BM known as charantin, function similarly to peptides and certain alkaloids in regulating blood sugar levels. By controlling blood cholesterol, M. charantia's therapeutic qualities help reduce cardiovascular diseases including atherosclerosis. tannins are examples of secondary metabolites. Alkaloids, flavonoids, and tannins are only a few of the secondary metabolites with antibacterial qualities found in both fresh and dried leaf extracts of bitter melon. It was demonstrated that the phytochemical content of both leaves exhibited antibacterial action against a range of bacteria, including Bacillus, Streptococcus, E. Coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Salmonella.
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