Abstract Background Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) represents the largest cultivated
member of the Cucurbitaceae family, showing great relevance from the economic point of …

Abstract In Chinese medicine, the Cucurbitaceae family contains many compounds known
as cucurbitacins, which have been categorized into 12 classes ranging from A to T and more …

Pesticides are widely used in melon production causing safety issues around the
consumption of melon and increasing pathogen and insect tolerance to pesticides. This …

Triterpene esters comprise a class of secondary metabolites that are synthesised by
decorating triterpene skeletons with a series of oxidation, glycosylation and acylation …

Main conclusion Accumulation patterns and gene regulatory networks of sugars and
cucurbitacins and related primary and secondary metabolites during cultivated watermelon …

Broccoli, a Brassica crop, is an important vegetative crop because of its nutritional
components and beneficial phytochemicals. Glucoraphanin (GR), a major glucosinolate …

SUMMARY Triterpenes (30‐carbon isoprene compounds) represent a large and highly
diverse class of natural products that play various physiological functions in plants. The …

This study investigated the anti-obesity effects of Cucumis melo var. gaettongchamoe (CG)
in mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD). The mice received CG water extract (CGWE) treatment for 8 …

In this study, an integrated transcriptome and metabolome analysis was used to explore the
molecular foundation of fruit quality in two parent lines of Citrullus lanatus with distinct flesh …

Abstract Momordica balsamina L.(Cucurbitaceae), frequently named balsam apple,
southern balsam pear or African pumpkin, is a vegetable with high nutritional value, being …