有棱丝瓜是福建、广东和广西等省最具南方特色的瓜果类蔬菜,也是华南地区南菜北运的主要蔬菜品种之一,其肉质细嫩,味清甜,不仅营养丰富,而且还具有较高的药用价值。近几年,随着漳州地区有棱丝瓜种植面积的扩大,其苦味问题越来越多,这不仅影响有棱丝瓜的品质,也明显降低了种植效益。有棱丝瓜之所以会产生苦味,是由于有棱丝瓜的植株中含有一种苦味物质,我们称之为苦味素或者葫芦素。苦味素不仅存在于植株内,还存在于有棱丝瓜的果实内,其含量一般随着有棱丝瓜果实的成熟而逐 There is a row of loofah is Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi Province, the most southern characteristics of fruits and vegetables, but also South China North Fortune, one of the major vegetable varieties, its delicate meat, sweet taste, not only nutritious, but also has High medicinal value. In recent years, with the expansion of cultivated area of ​​gourd loofah in Zhangzhou, the problem of bitterness is more and more. This not only affects the quality of gourd, but also obviously reduces the planting benefit. The reason why there is a gourd loquat bitter taste is due to a loofah plants contain a bitter substance, which we call the bitter or cucurbitacin. Bitter bitter is not only present in plants, but also in the fruit of a loofah gourd, and its content generally with the ripe fruit of loofah