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Anbar University - College of Education for Girls

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The aim of this research is to detect and identify the functional chemical materials in the fruits and seeds of citrulluscolocynthisL..The results show that the fruits contain Tannins , phlobatannins , Saponins , flavonoids , glycosides , terepens , phenols , resins , carbohydrates , alkaloids , and iridoiglycosids . while the seeds contain tannins , saponins , flavonoids , terepens , phenols , resin , amino acids , carbohydrates , alkaloids , and iridoidglycosides .The percentage of isolated saponins , tannins , and volatile oils in fruits 10.92% , 17.6% , and 2.04% whereas their percentage in seeds are 3.77% , 7.39% , and 18.7% respectively .The concentrations of isolated materials , aqueous extracts and alcoholic extracts (1 , 5 , 12 , 25 , 50 mg/ml )have been studied as a biological activities against E.coli and staph.aureus the results show the highest inhibition diameter is 18mm against E,coli using 12mg /ml while against staph.aureus is 20mm using 25mg/ml concentration .The aqueous and alcoholic extracts of fruits and seeds gave a good inhibition towards the growth of L20B cell line and the highest growth inhibition is 67.7% .

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