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2. Charantin - Wikipedia

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   Charantin is a chemical substance obtained from the Asian bitter melon (Momordica charantia), reputed to be responsible for the hypoglycaemic properties of those plants. It was identified by Lolitkar and Rao in 1960.

3. Momordica charantia - Wikipedia

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   Momordica charantia, (commonly called bitter melon, cerassee, goya, bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, karavila and many more names listed below) [1] is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae,widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit.

4. Momordica - Wikipedia

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   Momordica charantia (bitter melon, Mandarin Chinese: kǔ guā 苦瓜) is native to Africa but has been used in Chinese folk medicine for centuries as a 'bitter, cold' herb, and has recently been brought into mainstream Chinese medicine as well as natural medical traditions around the world. Recent research has shown that the immature fruit ...

5. Cucurbitacin - Wikipedia

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   In laboratory research, cucurbitacins have cytotoxic properties and are under study for their potential biological activity. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Cucurbitacins are chemically classified as triterpenes , formally derived from cucurbitane , a triterpene hydrocarbon – specifically, from the unsaturated variant cucurbit-5-ene , or 19(10→9β)-abeo-10α ...

6. Momordicoside - Wikipedia

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   Momordicoside is any of several related cucurbitane triterpenoid glycosides that can be extracted from the bitter melon vine (Momordica charantia). [1] [2] ...

7. Citrullus colocynthis - Wikipedia

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   Citrullus Colocynthis Fruit in Behbahan Wild Citrullus Colocynthis. Citrullus colocynthis, with many common names including Abu Jahl's melon, (native name in Turkey) [2] colocynth, [3] bitter apple, [3] bitter cucumber, [3] egusi, [4] vine of Sodom, [3] or wild gourd, [3] is a poisonous desert viny plant native to the Mediterranean Basin and West Asia, especially the Levant, [5] [6] [7] Turkey ...

8. Momordicinin - Wikipedia

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   Momordicinin (13β,28-epoxy-urs-11-en-3-one) is chemical compound, a triterpene with formula C 30 H 46 O 2, found in the fresh fruit of the bitter melon (Momordica charantia). [1]

9. Diet and cancer - Wikipedia

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   In 1993, the World Health Organization listed traditional Asian pickled vegetables as possible carcinogens, [64] and the British Journal of Cancer released an online 2009 meta-analysis of research on pickles as increasing the risks of esophageal cancer. The report, citing limited data in a statistical meta analysis, indicates a potential two ...