The nutritional value and toxic properties of buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) plant.
Buffalo gourd (BG), Cucurbita foetidissima, vine contains a material that was toxic to mice. Extracting the vine with either water or ethanol greatly improves the performance of the mice. However, water treatment of the vine had removed the bitter substances and gave a better response than ethanol e...
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The University of Arizona.
1990
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185245 |