| Title |
Wild bitter gourd improves metabolic syndrome: A preliminary dietary supplementation trial
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nutrition Journal, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2891-11-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Chung-Huang Tsai, Emily Chin-Fun Chen, Hsin-Sheng Tsay, Ching-jang Huang |
| Abstract |
Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) is a common tropical vegetable that has been used in traditional or folk medicine to treat diabetes. Wild bitter gourd (WBG) ameliorated metabolic syndrome (MetS) in animal models. We aimed to preliminarily evaluate the effect of WBG supplementation on MetS in Taiwanese adults. |
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| United States | 10 | 48% |
| Australia | 2 | 10% |
| Brazil | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 38% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 18 | 86% |
| Scientists | 3 | 14% |
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| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 121 | 98% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 11% |
| Researcher | 11 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 18 | 15% |
| Unknown | 39 | 32% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 20% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 7 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 11% |
| Unknown | 47 | 38% |
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