First report of Papaya ringspot virus-type W and Zucchini yellow mosaic virus infecting
Trichosanthes cucumerina in Brazil.
Evaluation of antibacterial activity of
Trichosanthes cucumerina L.
Trichosanthes cucumerina Linn, improves glucose tolerance and tissue glycogen in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus induced rats.
Frahm, "Cytotoxic properties of root extract and fruit juice of
Trichosanthes cucumerina," Planta Medica, vol.
The findings of Adebooye and Oloyede [15] in their studies on
Trichosanthes cucumerina L., a member of the same family (Cucurbitaceae) corroborate this study.
Hasanuzzaman (1999) reported that in snake gourd (
Trichosanthes cucumerina L.) anther dehiscence started even before anthesis and completed near about full bloom.
Hence, The results in this study were different from those obtained with the antifertility plants
Trichosanthes cucumerina var cucumerina (Kage et al., 2009), Afromosia laxiflora, Pterocarpus erinaceus and Cola nitida (Benie et al., 2003) which were found to have antiestrogenic effects by reducing ovary weight and serum level of gonadotropin in adult non ovx rats.
Seed dormancy studies in
Trichosanthes cucumerina var.
The preliminary tests, for the detection of secondary metabolites were carried out in ethanolic extract of
Trichosanthes cucumerina L.