Hypoglycemic effects of tea extracts and sterols from Momordica charantia

• Main Authors: Ragasa, Consolacion Y., Alimboyoguen, Agnes B., Shen, Chien Chang, Del Fierro, Ramon S., Raga, Dennis D.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2011
• Subjects: Hypoglycemic agents; Tea; Momordica charantia; Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1225
• Institution: De La Salle University

Mice administered with different doses of infusion obtained from commercial tea preparations of Momordica charantia fruit and leaf displayed variable hypoglycemic activity. M. charantia fruit tea extract at 100 mg/kg BW had demonstrated significant (P=0.001) blood glucose lowering during 0.5h to 1.0...