Pointed Gourd / Potol (250gm)

One cup of sliced cucumber provides only about 6 mg of vitamin C and smaller amounts of folate and potassium. The skin part should not be peeled off as it contains some beta-carotene.

Gynura procumbens has been reported to exhibit antihypertensive, cardioprotective, antihyperglycemic, fertility enhancement, anticancer, antimicrobial, antioxidant, organ protective, and antiinflammatory activity.