Bitter Melon (40060)
500 mg per capsule—100 vegetable capsules
Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Patients: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2011; 2011: 726723. Published online 2011 Mar 17. doi: 10.1155/2011/726723
Beneficial Role of Bitter Melon Supplementation in Obesity and Related Complications in Metabolic Syndrome: J Lipids. 2015; 2015: 496169. Published online 2015 Jan 12. doi: 10.1155/2015/496169
PMCID: PMC4306384 PMID: 25650336 Bitter melon treatment of 3T3-L1 cells resulted in a decreased lipid accumulation and significantly decreased intracellular triglyceride amount compared to untreated control cells. Moreover, bitter melon reduced lipid accumulation during differentiation from a preadipocyte to an adipocyte and downregulated PPARγ.
Journal of Naturopathic Medicine: Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia) Department: of Microbiology, Immunology and Preventive Medicine. Iowa State University’s Department of Biochemistry, Willard Hall. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66504