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Beneficial Role of Bitter Melon Supplementation in Obesity and Related Complications in Metabolic Syndrome
Joint Authors
Uddin, Riaz
Subhan, Nusrat
Rahman, Md Mahbubur
Jain, Preeti
Reza, Hasan Mahmud
Alam, Md. Ashraful
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-18, 18 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-01-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome are becoming epidemic both in developed and developing countries in recent years.
Complementary and alternative medicines have been used since ancient era for the treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
Bitter melon is widely used as vegetables in daily food in Bangladesh and several other countries in Asia.
The fruits extract of bitter melon showed strong antioxidant and hypoglycemic activities in experimental condition both in vivo and in vitro.
Recent scientific evaluation of this plant extracts also showed potential therapeutic benefit in diabetes and obesity related metabolic dysfunction in experimental animals and clinical studies.
These beneficial effects are mediated probably by inducing lipid and fat metabolizing gene expression and increasing the function of AMPK and PPARs, and so forth.
This review will thus focus on the recent findings on beneficial effect of Momordica charantia extracts on metabolic syndrome and discuss its potential mechanism of actions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Alam, Md. Ashraful& Uddin, Riaz& Subhan, Nusrat& Rahman, Md Mahbubur& Jain, Preeti& Reza, Hasan Mahmud. 2015. Beneficial Role of Bitter Melon Supplementation in Obesity and Related Complications in Metabolic Syndrome. Journal of Lipids،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-18.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Alam, Md. Ashraful…[et al.]. Beneficial Role of Bitter Melon Supplementation in Obesity and Related Complications in Metabolic Syndrome. Journal of Lipids No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-18.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Alam, Md. Ashraful& Uddin, Riaz& Subhan, Nusrat& Rahman, Md Mahbubur& Jain, Preeti& Reza, Hasan Mahmud. Beneficial Role of Bitter Melon Supplementation in Obesity and Related Complications in Metabolic Syndrome. Journal of Lipids. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1068668
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1068668