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Gac

07/28/2018 / By Ralph Flores

The Chinese cucumber, also known as gac, is known for its medicinal and nutritional properties, including beta-carotene, lycopene, antioxidants

Gac – the fruit with a seemingly strange-sounding name – contains potentially healthy benefits, according to research. The study, conducted by researchers from Pandu College in India, was published in the journal Agroforestry Systems. The researchers evaluated the nutritional properties, as well as the antioxidant levels, of the gac plant (M. cochinchinensis Spreng., Cucurbitaceae). The findings indicated that the fruits of […]

08/15/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Gac – sources, health benefits, nutrients, uses and constituents at NaturalPedia.com

Gac (Momordica cochinchinensis), also known as sweet gourd or baby jackfruit, is a spiky, orange fruit native to Southeast Asia. It is grown and cultivated in Thailand, southern China, and Indo China, where its harvesting season lasts from December to January, or a mere two months every year. Because of this, gac was once largely […]

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