Toxicon Vol.16, pp.653-660

by Jung-Yaw Lin, Mei-Jane Hou, On-Chang Chen
Bitter pear melon, Momordica charantia Linn has been widely used in the Orient as a foodstuff or tonic. We present…

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July 1960 Ind. Jour. Med. Res. Vol.48, No.4, pp.471-477

by V. N. Sharma, R. K. Sogani, R. B. Arora
MOMORDICA CHARANTIA is a plant cultivated throughout India. It is commonly known as Karela (Hindi), Sushavi (Sanskrit), Pavakkachedi (Tamil), Kakara…

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5 September 1962 Ind. Jour. Med. Res. Vol.50 pp.715-719

by R. D. Kukarni, B. B. Gaitonde, (with tech. Assistance of Shri N. K. Dadkar)
Some measure of success has been achieved in the oral treatment of Diabetes mellitus with some introduction of the sulphonylurea…

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July 1963 Ind. Journal Med. Res. 51. 4, pp.716-724

by S. S Gupta
In previous communications, Gupta et al. (1962) reported on the inhibitory effect of daily administration of a few Ayurdevic anti-diabetic…

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May 1966 The Indian Journal of Pharmacy Vol.28, No.5, pp.129-133

by M. M. Lolitkar, M. R. Rajarama Rao
Charantin, non-nitrogenous, neutral princile, giving colour tests for phytosterolins is isolated in a pure state from the fruits of Momordica…

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1977 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Vol. 77, No.4

by David L. Vesley, William R. Graves, Timothy M. Lo, Mary Ann Fletcher, Gerald S. Levey
The balsam pear (Momordica charantia abreviata) is a plant that grows wild throughout subtropical regions of the world inclufing the…

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1979 Rev. latinoamer. Quim. 10, pp.171-173

by A. Ulubelen, U. Sankawa
Momordica charantia are well known for their pharmacological activities. The seeds of M. charantia have been used against diabetes mellitus…

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1979 Biochem J. 186, pp. 633-635

by Luigi Barbieri, Enzo Lorenzoni, Florenzo Stirpe
Protein synthesis by a rabbit reticulocyte lysate is inhibited by the heamagglunating lectins from Momordica charantia and Crotalaria juncea seeds…

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1980 Chem. Pharm. Bull. Vol.28, 2753-2762

by Hikaru Okabe, Yumi Miyahara, Tatsuo Yamauchi, Kazumoto Miyahara, Toshio Kawasaki
The fruit of Momordica charantia L.…

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1980 Experentia 36, pp.525-527

by S.S., L. Li
Summary. 2 different lectin have been prurified from the seeds of Momordica charantia by gel-filtration and ion-exchange chromatography. These 2…

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