Influence of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) on growth and blood constituents in albino rats

1 January 1993

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

Vol. 37 (2) , 156-160
https://doi.org/10.1002/food.19930370210

Abstract

Feeding of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) at 0.02, 0.1 and 0.5% (dry weight) levels in a semi-synthetic diet for a period of 8 weeks did not have any adverse influence on the food intake, growth and organ weights of normal adult rats. The haematological parameters of these experimental rats were also normal. Serum cholesterol levels of the rats receiving 0.5% bitter gourd were significantly lower than those of the control rats. There was no hypoglycaemic effect of bitter gourd in these normoglycaemic rats.

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