Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia): A dietary approach to hyperglycemia

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 331-337

  Krawinkel, Michael B ^a   Keding, Gudrun B ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bitter gourd; Diabetes mellitus; Dietary supplement; Hypoglycemia; Insulin; Momordica charantia

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEATH; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA; INSULIN LIKE ACTIVITY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MOUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; RAT; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MICE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 33746386763     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 00296643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2006.jul.331-337     Document Type: Review

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