No effect of acute, single dose oral administration of Momordica charantia Linn., on glycemia, energy expenditure and appetite: A pilot study in non-diabetic overweight men

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-133

  Kasbia, Gursevak S ^a   Arnason, Jon Thor ^b   Imbeault, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appetite; Energy expenditure; Humans; Hunger; Momordica charantia Linn.; Obesity; Phytomedicine; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FREEZE DRYING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUNGER; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PILOT STUDY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; APPETITE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DRUG EVALUATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FRUIT; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; OVERWEIGHT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CUCURBITACEAE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 70349786477     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.07.035     Document Type: Article

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