DOI: 10.36347/sjavs.2016.v03i05.009

Pages: 397-401

Ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula L. Roxb), popularly known as Kalitori belongs to genus Luffa of Cucurbitaceae family is a popular vegetable in India and other Asian countries generally used for vegetable purpose. Ridge gourd like fruit vegetables are known as a ‘vegetables of diet food’ because of high moisture per cent and low calorific value. However, ridge gourd fruits having a high moisture content (90.47 - 92.78 % ) and low calorific value due to low sugar and protein content, it proves a comparable source of various components of antioxidants like ascorbic acid (8.64-14.13 mg.100g-1), flavonoid (0.77-1.59 mg.g-1) and phenolics (0.416-0.742 mg.100g-1) with variable amount of nutritional compounds like soluble sugar (1.21-1.58 % ), protein (0.175-0.253 %), carotenoid (14.5-36.1 mg.100g-1) and chlorophyll (1.59-1.85 mg. g-1) content on fresh weight basis.