Bitter melon or Momordica charantia,Bitter gourd,bitter apple,wild cucumber,bitter cucumber,balsam pear,karela.

Contents

• Basic Botanical Data of Momordica charantia.
• Plant Description of Momordica charantia.
• Phytochemicals and Constituents of Momordica charantia.
• Purification and characterization of Charantin.
• Charantin and Blood sugar management.
• Momordica charantia and Its Fame.
• Actions And Properties in Brief.
• Suggestions and Pharmakon Use of Momordica charantia.
• Momordica charantia Class.
• Photo Gallery of Momordica charantia.

Plant Description of Momordica charantia.:

Also known as Chinese bitter melon; this tropical vine is a tender perennial.Bitter Melon grows in tropical areas, including parts of East Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and South America, where it is used as a food as well as a medicine. The leaves and fruit have both been used to make teas and beer, or to season soups in the Western world. Bitter Melon is being studied in the support treatment of diabetes and psoriasis.
 The fruit is edible when harvested green and cooked. The taste is bitter.
 Bitter melon has twice the potassium of bananas and is also rich in vitamin A and C.
 Bitter Melon is also known by the names Karela and Balsam Pear. Bitter Melon grows in tropical areas, including parts of East Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and South America, where it is used as a food as well as a medicine. It is a green cucumber shaped fruit with gourd-like bumps all over it. It looks like an ugly, light green cucumber. The fruit should be firm, like a cucumber. And it tastes very bitter. Although the seeds, leaves, and vines of Bitter Melon have all been used, the fruit is the safest and most prevalent part of the plant used medicinally.

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♣ last edit date:09th,Oct.2010.