Assessment of effects on health due to consumption of bitter bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) juice

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-55

  Sharma, S K ^a   Puri, Rajesh ^b   Jain, Ajay ^c   Sharma, M P ^d   Sharma, Anita ^e   Bohra, Shravan ^f   Gupta, Y K ^a   Saraya, Anoop ^a   Dwivedi, S ^g   Gupta, K C ^h   Prasad, Mahadeo ⁱ   Pandey, Janardhan ^j   Dohroo, Netar Prakash ^k   Tandon, Neeraj ^l   Sesikeran, B ^m   Dorle, A K ⁿ   Tandon, Nikhil ^a   Handa, S S ^o   Toteja, G S ^l   Rao, Spriha ^l   Satyanarayana, K ^l   Katoch, V M ^l   more..

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Medanta The Medicity Hospital   (India)

^c CHOITHRAM HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^d Rockland Hospital   (India)

^e HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^f Apollo Hospitals   (India)

^g HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^h CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

ⁱ Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha   (India)

^j Department of AYUSH   (India)

^k DR Y S PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY   (India)

^l INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

ⁿ RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^o Indian Institute of Integrated Medicine   (India)

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Author keywords

Bitter taste; Bottle gourd; Calabash; Cucurbitacins; Juice; Lagenaria sicraria; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITACIN; LIVER ENZYME; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DUODENUM ULCER; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; FRUIT JUICE; HEMATEMESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; LAGENARIA SICERARIA JUICE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH ULCER; TOXICITY; VOMITING;

CUCURBITACEAE; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84863418173     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.93424     Document Type: Article

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