Antivirus and antiallergic

A kind of antiallergic substance, Xiegenalkyd, was also extracted from tissue culture solution of Luffa, which has a strong antiallergic effect. Luffa extract has obvious preventive effect on Japanese encephalitis virus.

Anti-bending

The content of vitamin C in towel gourd is high, 8 mg per 100 grams, which can be used to fight scurvy and prevent various vitamin C deficiencies.