%0 Journal Article %T One new cucurbitane triterpenoid from the fruits of Momordica charantia %A Jie-Qing Liu %A Jian-Chao Chen %A Cui-Fang Wang %A Ming-Hua Qiu %J European Journal of Chemistry %D 2010 %I %R 10.5155/eurjchem.1.4.294-296.131 %X One new cucurbitane triterpenoid commonly named neokuguaglucoside, together with three known compounds momordicoside M, momordicoside N, and momordicoside A were isolated from the fresh fruits of Momordica charantia. The new one's structure with an interesting sugar-like groups attached to the side chain was elucidated by spectroscopic analysis and semiepirical (AM1) quantum chemical method. %K Momordica charantia %K Cucurbitane triterpenoids %K Neokuguaglucoside %K Semi-empirical quantum chemistry methods %K AM1 %U http://www.eurjchem.com/index.php/eurjchem/article/view/131