Caigua (Cyclanthera pedata) is a curved, long fruit
native to Peru. Caigua is also called wild cucumber. Caigua is usually eaten as
vegetable in salads. Historical uses of caigua include the treatment of high
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What does the caigua research
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I could not find any published studies on caigua other than the ones
below that discuss the flavonoids found within the caigua plant. Therefore, it
is too early to make any recommendations regarding caigua supplements in terms
of nutritional medicine use.
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Caigua Research Update
Analysis of flavonoids from Cyclanthera pedata fruits by liquid
chromatography/electrospray mass spectrometry.
J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2004 Feb 4;34(2):295-304.
A liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry based method was developed
for the characterization of fruits of Cyclanthera pedata Scrabs (Caigua), a
Peruvian food and medicinal plant. This method is based on the separation of
flavonoid glycosides present in the methanolic extracts from caigua fruits using
high performance liquid chromatography followed by detection with electrospray
ionization mass spectrometry.
Studies on the constituents of Cyclanthera pedata
fruits: isolation and structure elucidation of new flavonoid glycosides and
their antioxidant activity.
J Agric Food Chem. 2001 Nov;49(11):5156-60.
The isolation of six flavon glycosides (1-6), among them four new natural
compounds (1-4), from the CHCl(3)/MeOH extract of the fruits of caigua is reported.
Studies on the constituents of Cyclanthera pedata (
caigua )
fruits: isolation and structure elucidation of new triterpenoid
saponins.
J Agric Food Chem. 1999 Nov;47(11):4512-9.
The isolation of nine triterpenoid saponins (1-9), among them six new natural
compounds (1-6), from the MeOH extract of the fruits of caigua is reported.
This caigua page was last updated March 2008.
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