Bitter Melon Extract

Product Name:     Bitter Melon extract powder

Botanical Name: Momordica charantia L.

Part Used: Fruit

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Specification

1%-10% Charantin

10% to 40% Sapnions

Extract Ratio 4:1 to 200:1

Straight powder

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Active Ingredient:   Charantin

CAS No.:  57126-62-2

Mol. Formula: N/A

Mol. Weight: N/A

Description

    The ripe fruit of Bitter Melon has been suggested to exhibit some remarkable anti-cancer effects, but there is absolutely no evidence that it can treat cancer. However, preliminary studies do appear to confirm that Bitter Melon may improve blood sugar control in people with adult-onset diabetes (type-II diabetes).
    A recent scientific study at JIPMER, India has proved that bitter melon increases insulin sensitivity. Also, in 2007, the Philippine Department of Health issued a circular stating that bitter melon, as a scientifically validated herbal medicinal plant, can lower elevated blood sugar levels. The study revealed that a 100 milligram per kilo dose per day is comparable to 2.5 milligrams of the anti-diabetes drug Glibenclamide taken twice per day. Bitter melon is sold in the Philippines as a food supplement and marketed under the trade name Charantia. Charantia capsules and tea are being exported to the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Japan, Korea, and parts of the Middle East.  

The mixture of steroidal saponins(glucosides) known as Charantins (including Charartin, Cerebroside, Goyasaponins, and momordicosides, four very promising bioactive compounds that Bitter Melon contains) activate a protein called AMPK, which is well known for regulating fuel metabolism and enabling glucose uptake, processes which are impaired in diabetics. "We can now understand at a molecular level why bitter melon works as a treatment for diabetes," said David James, director of the diabetes and obesity program at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney. "By isolating the compounds we believe to be therapeutic, we can investigate how they work together in our cells."

Main Function: 

• Anti-Diabetes (Hypoglycemia or Blood Glucose Lowering, adult-onset diabetes or type-II diabetes)
• Anti-HIV
• Psoriasis Treatment 
• Anti-obesity
• Anti-malarial
• Anti-cancer
• Demulcent (Ache Relief)
• Aphrodisiac 

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