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@article{170192,
        author = {Ankita Barhate and Dr. Rajendra Kawade and Divya Jagtap and Anuja G. Baswekar},
        title = {Overview on Antioxidant and Hair Growth-Promoting Effect of Curry Leaves and Bitter Melon},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2024},
        volume = {11},
        number = {6},
        pages = {3740-3747},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=170192},
        abstract = {Curry leave, a type of leafy vegetable and bitter melon, an edible fruit both can be used as herbal remedy that could to effective natural treatment. The murraya koenigii belongs to family Rutaceae while Momordica charantia L. belongs to family Cucurbitaceae. The chemical constituent present in curry leaves are mahanimbine, koenine, koenigine and koenimbine while in bitter melon gallic acid, catechein, coumarin and rutin are present. They both possesses various therapeutic properties such as antioxidant, antidiabetic, anticancer, hepatoprotective, antiobesity, antinflammatory, antimicrobial and antifungal. As they both show above pharmacological activities, their combination may produce higher antioxidant activity that can be used for the treatment of hair problems (hair greying, alopecia) which are caused due to reactive oxygen species (ROS). The curry leaves is beneficial for hair growth, hair nourishment, hair thickness and the bitter melon is beneficial to improve cardiac health, for skin and hair treatment and balance blood sugar level.},
        keywords = {Curry leaves, Bitter melon, Bioactive component, pharmacological activities, Antioxident.},
        month = {December},
        }