Variation of Carotenoid Content in Different Bitter Melon Cultivars

Sang Won Lee1; Jae Kwang Kim2; Md. Romij Uddin3; Yeon Bok Kim3; Haeng Hoon Kim4; Eunsook Chung5; Jai-Heon Lee5; Sang Un Park3

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Variation of Carotenoid Content in Different Bitter Melon Cultivars

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2014.15446

Sang Won Lee1

1Herbal Crop Research Team, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA, Eumseong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 369-873, Republic of Korea 2Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 406-772, Republic of Korea 3Department of Crop Science, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehangno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-764, Republic of Korea 4Department of Well-being Resources, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeollanam-do, 540-742, Republic of Korea 5Department of Genetic Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan 604-714, Republic of Korea *Corresponding authors: Fax: +82 51 2007505; Tel: +82 51 2007592; E-mail: jhnlee@dau.ac.kr; supark@cnu.ac.kr

Jae Kwang Kim2

Md. Romij Uddin3

Yeon Bok Kim3

Haeng Hoon Kim4

Eunsook Chung5

Jai-Heon Lee5

Sang Un Park3

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 26 No. 2 (2014): Vol 26 Issue 2
Article Published : January 16, 2014

Abstract

Nine different bitter melon cultivars collected from Japan and Philippines were analyzed to distinguish the levels of three different carotenoids i.e., lutein, a-carotene and b-carotene using HPLC. The carotenoid content varied significantly among the cultivars from the 2 locations. In general, the carotenoid contents in the Philippines cultivar was higher than in the Japanese ones, with the highest content found in Galaxy from Philippines and the lowest in the cultivar Kyushu from the Japanese cultivar. The levels of lutein in the Galaxy cultivar were 2.9 and 2.8 times higher than Kyushu and Trident 357 cultivars, respectively. The cultivar Galaxy from Philippines contained 3.7, 3.1 and 3.0-fold higher a-carotene compared to Kyushu, Sta. Rita Strain. L and Peacock, respectively. The levels of b-carotene in the Galaxy cultivars were 3.9, 2.9 and 2.8 times higher than that of Kyushu, Sta. Rita Strain. L and Peacock, respectively. The results suggest that the bitter melon cultivar Galaxy could potentially be used as a source of carotenoid.

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Bitter melon Carotenoid Cultivars Geographical location.

Won Lee1, S., Kwang Kim2, J., Romij Uddin3, M., Bok Kim3, Y., Hoon Kim4, H., Chung5, E., … Un Park3, S. (2014). Variation of Carotenoid Content in Different Bitter Melon Cultivars. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 26(2), 461–463. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2014.15446

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