<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Víctor Eduardo Villarreal-La Torre</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">William Sagástegui Guarniz</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carmen Silva-Correa</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lizardo Cruzado- Razco</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Raúl Siche</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Composition of Momordica Charantia: A Review</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antibacterial</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antifungal</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Charantin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cucurbitaceae</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cucurbitane</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phytochemicals</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">February  2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">213-222</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Momordica charantia&lt;/em&gt; L. (bitter melon) is a plant belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family and is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas around the world, mainly in Asia, India, China and Brazil, where it is traditionally used as a medicinal plant, and the fruits of some varieties of &lt;em&gt;M. charantia&lt;/em&gt; are consumed as food. Studies have determined that this plant contains a great diversity of bioactive compounds with therapeutic potential like charantin, α-momorcharin and MAP30, and highlighting its properties as antidiabetic, antiulcer, antioxidant, antimicrobial, anthelmintic, antihyperglycemic and anticancer. Review shows the complete botanical description of the plant (fruits, leaves, stem, etc.), the bioactive chemical compounds reported in the plant species, the antimicrobial activity of the extracts or fractions of &lt;em&gt;M. charantia&lt;/em&gt;, emphasizing the antibacterial and antifungal activities, with respective values of MIC (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration) reported according to the methodology used in each study. The review seeks to update the phytochemical and pharmacological knowledge of &lt;em&gt;M. charantia&lt;/em&gt;, which would be useful for researchers in their search for new chemical compounds of the plant, studies of its safety and efficacy, as well as the evaluation of its possible synergistic action in combination with other antimicrobials, in order to find new therapeutic alternatives against bacterial resistance.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Review Article </style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">213</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Víctor Eduardo Villarreal-La Torre&lt;sup&gt;1,&lt;/sup&gt;*, William Sagástegui Guarniz&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Carmen Silva-Correa&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Lizardo Cruzado-Razco&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Raúl Siche&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, PERU.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, PERU.&lt;/p&gt;
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