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Momordica charantia fruit reduces plasma fructosamine whereas stems and leaves increase plasma insulin in adult mildly diabetic obese Göttingen Minipigs.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundTraditionally Momordica charantia (Bitter gourd) is known for its blood glucose lowering potential. This has been validated by many previous studies based on rodent models but human trials are less convincing and the physiological mechanisms ...
Sietse Jan Koopmans, Gisabeth Binnendijk, Allison Ledoux, Young Hae Choi, Jurriaan J Mes, Xiaonan Guan, Francesc Molist, Tâm Phạm Thị Minh, Nikkie van der Wielen   +8 more
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The Effect of Thermal Processing on the Saponin Profiles of Momordica charantia L.

Journal of Food Quality, 2020
Saponins from Momordica charantia L. are a class of triterpenoid glucoside molecules that contribute to the bitter flavour of the plant and possess pharmacological properties.
Yi-Jui Liu, Yun-Ju Lai, Reuben Wang, Yi-Chen Lo, Chun-Hui Chiu   +4 more
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Viral and Host Factors Involved in Host Gain and Host Loss by Tomato Leaf Curl Begomoviruses in Tomato and Cucumbers

Molecular Plant Pathology, Volume 27, Issue 3, March 2026.
Begomoviruses have jumped hosts between tomatoes and cucumbers, and we found that a short region (transcriptional activator and replication enhancer proteins, TrAp and REn) of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus is mainly responsible for host jump. ABSTRACT Begomoviruses transmitted by whiteflies cause severe crop losses worldwide.
Svenning Rune Möller, M. N. Maruthi
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Effect of bitter gourd juice on glucose level in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats: an experimental study

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Background and objective Bitter gourd, also known as bitter melon, contains a variety of phytochemicals, including alkaloids, saponins, and flavonoids. This study investigates the effect of bitter gourd juice on glucose levels in streptozotocin-induced ...
Qali Ahmed Nageye, Walid Abdulkadir Osman, Hassan Muse Ahmed, Idil Abdikarin Adam, Saeed Mohamed Saeed   +4 more
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Rapid Construction and Application of a Vector for Tobacco Ringspot Virus-Induced McPDS Silencing in Bitter Gourd

Horticulturae
The aim of this study is to facilitate the construction of virus-induced gene silencing vectors and to provide a reference or positive control for gene silencing in bitter gourd.
Lingen Zeng, Hui Zhang, Jinju Guo, Zhijun Deng, Hongbiao Liu, Hu Du, Yujuan Zhong, Changyuan Zhang, Chunpeng Yao   +8 more
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Understanding the dynamic nature of plant lipid anabolic and catabolic metabolism is key to sustainable oilseed engineering

New Phytologist, Volume 249, Issue 5, Page 2196-2214, March 2026.
Summary Plant‐derived oils are essential sources of reduced carbon and various fatty acid (FA) structures for food, biofuels, and the oleochemical industry. Despite extensive efforts, engineering mainstream oilseed crops to produce high levels of industrially valuable unusual FAs (UFAs) remains challenging.
Prasad Parchuri, Sean T. McGuire, Matthew G. Garneau, Niña Alyssa M. Barroga, Philip D. Bates   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of the wild bitter gourd extracts on the inflammatory responses by a macrophage cell line

, 2009
[[abstract]]Wild bitter gourd (Cucurbitaceae) is an annual herbaceous vines climbing plant. It is also named wild balsam pear, short fruit bitter gourd or small bitter gourd, which crops from April to September.
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Graph of identified SSR in bitter gourd transcripts.

, 2015
Graph of identified SSR in bitter gourd transcripts.
D. R. Bharadwaj (750296), Anjali Shukla (750294), V. K. Singh (750295), Ashutosh Rai (750297), Raja Mugasimangalam (714385), P. S. Naik (750301), Rajesh Kumar (72124), Sriram Parameswaran (750299), Major Singh (750300), A. K. Rai (750298)   +9 more
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De Novo Assembly of Bitter Gourd Transcriptomes: Gene Expression and Sequence Variations in Gynoecious and Monoecious Lines.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) is a nutritious vegetable crop of Asian origin, used as a medicinal herb in Indian and Chinese traditional medicine.
Anjali Shukla, V K Singh, D R Bharadwaj, Rajesh Kumar, Ashutosh Rai, A K Rai, Raja Mugasimangalam, Sriram Parameswaran, Major Singh, P S Naik   +9 more
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Natural fermentation of bitter gourd (

It is well known that bitter gourd and noni fruit contain high levels of beneficial chemicals, but tastes and flavour are less appealing. Due to enzymatic transformation, fermentation can change bioactive compounds that minimize bad taste and unpleasant ...
Esther Natalia Guardiola, Sutiman Bambang Sumitro, Sri Widyarti   +2 more
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