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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. Bitter polyphenols in plant-based foods may help lower ...

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   Polyphenols in plant-based foods may trigger gastrointestinal hormones that could help reduce a person's risk for both obesity and type 2 diabetes, new research indicates.

4. 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.

5. Momordica - Wikipedia

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   This wild melon is relatively small in size compared to cultivated bitter melon. 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 ...

6. Talk:Momordica charantia - Wikipedia

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   Oddly, "Bitter melon" is only the third most commonly used name using searches in Google Books and Google Scholar, after Momordica charantia and "Bitter melon". In Google Scholar, Momordica charantia shows 14,800 results, [2] , "Bitter gourd" gives 6,450, [3] and "Bitter melon" gives 4,150.

7. Momordin (saponin) - Wikipedia

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   Momordin is one of several saponins derived from oleanolic acid, a triterpenoid.These chemical compounds are found in some plants of the genus Momordica, which includes the bitter melon (M. charantia) and the balsam apple (M. balsamina), as well as in other Asian herbal medicine plants such as Kochia scoparia and Ampelopsis radix.