Phenotypical Characters and Biochemical Compound of Cucurbitacin Melon (Cucumis melo L. 'Gama Melon Parfum') Resulted from Breeding

The development of cosmetics in Indonesia is increasing. Many types of cosmetics are sold with anti-aging trends. Anti aging compounds are generally made from fatty acids. Gama Melon Parfum (GMP) is a melon resulted from breeding that contains a composition of terpene derivatives in the form of Cucurbitacin and has a characteristic bitter taste. Cucurbitacin compounds are used as anti-aging. The aims of the research was to study the stability of phenotypic characters and identify the Cucurbitacin compounds in the fruit. The phenotipyc characters were observed to identify segregation and the content of Cucurbitacin mixture in GMP was tested by HPLC on three types of fruit phases, namely 10 DAA, 20 DAA, and 30 DAA. The results obtained in the form of the largest combination of Cucurbitacin contained in the young fruit phase, which is aged 10 DAA and the stability of the phenotype character GMP is influenced by the segregation of 'Tacapa' with a ratio of 9: 6: 1 which is in the form of multiple gene interactions with cumulative effects. © 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.