The effects of bitter melon (Momordica charantia) on serum and liver triglyceride levels in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 257-262

  Senanayake, Gamarallage V K ^a   Maruyama, Mitsuru ^a   Shibuya, Kei ^a   Sakono, Masanobu ^a   Fukuda, Nobuhiro ^a   Morishita, Toshiro ^b   Yukizaki, Chizuko ^b   Kawano, Mikio ^b   Ohta, Hideaki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Miyazaki Prefectural Food Research and Development Center   (Japan)

^c NAKAMURA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bitter melon; Rat; Triglyceride lowering effect

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HEXANE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIVER; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 2342442490     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2003.12.026     Document Type: Article

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