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Momordica—Momordica spp.

EDIS, 2003
This document describes three species of the Momordica genus—Chinese cucumber, balsam pear, and balsam apple—commonly grown in Florida gardens. It outlines their physical characteristics, culinary uses, and cultural significance in Asian countries.
James M. Stephens
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Evaluation of the neuroprotective activity of Momordica dioica against aluminum chloride (AlCl3)-Induced alzheimer's disease in Wistar rats. [PDF]

Discov Ment Health
Alzheimer’s disease is a brain condition that slowly erodes a person’s memory and cognitive abilities. It is caused by damage to brain cell, particularly in the hippocampus, a region crucial for memory. By 2050 worldwide no.
Neve V, Saqlain S, Veeranjaneyulu A, Karwa P, Kapare H, Yeralkar K.   +5 more
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Three Selected Edible Crops of the Genus Momordica as Potential Sources of Phytochemicals: Biochemical, Nutritional, and Medicinal Values

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Momordica species (Family Cucurbitaceae) are cultivated throughout the world for their edible fruits, leaves, shoots and seeds. Among the species of the genus Momordica, there are three selected species that are used as vegetable, and for medicinal ...
Mashudu Muronga, Cristina Quispe, Phumudzo P. Tshikhudo, Titus A. M Msagati, Fhatuwani N. Mudau, Fhatuwani N. Mudau, Miquel Martorell, Miquel Martorell, Bahare Salehi, Ahmad Faizal Abdull Razis, Ahmad Faizal Abdull Razis, Usman Sunusi, Usman Sunusi, Ramla Muhammad Kamal, Ramla Muhammad Kamal, Javad Sharifi-Rad, Javad Sharifi-Rad   +16 more
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Melatonin receptors increase Momordica’s anticancer effects against PC-3 and HT-29

Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2021
Aim: The aim of our study is to the evaluation of melatonin (MLT) and Momordica charantia (MC) combination on PC-3 and HT-29 cancer lines and to address the question of where or not MLT increases MC antitumor effect in the PC-3 and HT-29 cancer lines ...
Zeynep Çakır, Yeşim Yeni, Sıdıka Genç, Ali Taghizadehghalehjoughi, David R Wallace, Ahmet Hacimuftuoglu   +5 more
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Therapeutic Effect of Momordica charantia on Blood Glucose, Lipid Profile and Oxidative Stress in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: Momordica charantia (Bitter Melon) is known to have anti-diabetic property. Animal studies have documented its hypoglycaemic and lipid lowering effect.
Suchitra Kumari, Ipsita Dash, Kishore Kumar Behera   +2 more
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Comparative evaluation of antibacterial efficacy of chlorhexidine mouthwash and Momordica charantia, Spinacia oleracea mouthwash against Streptococcus mutans, Lactobacillus spp., and Porphyromonas gingivalis − An in vitro study

Journal of Orofacial Sciences, 2023
Introduction: Various advances have been made in pharmacology and synthetic organic chemistry, the dependency on natural products, particularly on herbs, remains relatively unchanged.
Krishna S Kadam, Niraj S Gokhale, Shivayogi M Hugar, Neha Kohli, Suneel Dodamani, Shivani Tendulkar   +5 more
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In silico study of the active compounds in bitter melon (Momordica charantia L) as antidiabetic medication [PDF]

Pharmaciana, 2018
Antidiabetic are many drugs available in the market, but most medications have side effects that are relatively high and cause toxicity, so it needs tobe develoved search of new drug compounds were more potent drugs with side effects as low.
Ruswanto Ruswanto, Richa Mardianingrum, Tresna Lestari, Tita Nofianti, Lilis Tuslinah, Dudi Nurmalik   +5 more
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Comparative Literature Study of Bligo Fruit Extract (Benincasa hispida (Thunb) Cogn) and Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia L.) Extract on the Minimum Inhibition of Salmonella typhi Bacteria

Berkala Kedokteran, 2021
: Salmonella typhi is a gram-negative bacteria species that causes typhoid fever. Salmonella typhi is sensitive to antibiotics such as amoxicillin, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, and cotrimoxazole.
Mei Rizqi Putri Afifah, Noer Kumala Indahsari   +1 more
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Momordica and Pycnogenol Can Tolerate Imazamox Induced Toxicity in L929 Cells Line: In Vitro Study

Proceedings, 2018
Undesirable side effects that result from the random use of herbicides in developing countries are widespread. Imazamox is a widely used herbicide and has toxic effect on humans.
Ali Taghizadehghalehjoughi, Betul Cicek
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Assessment of the Diversity of Medico-Magic Knowledge on Four Herbaceous Species in Benin

The Scientific World Journal, 2021
Background. Ethnobotanical knowledge on four herbaceous species, Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass., Momordica charantia L., Phyllanthus amarus Schumach. & Thonn., and Scoparia dulcis L., in Benin was investigated. Methods.
Hubert Olivier Dossou-Yovo, Valentin Kindomihou, Fifanou Gbèlidji Vodouhè, Brice Sinsin   +3 more
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