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

(Natural News) 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...

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