Inhibitory effects of new varieties of bitter melon on lipopolysaccharide-stimulated inflammatory response in RAW 264.7 cells
Bitter melon is widely used as a food and a traditional herbal medicine for the treatment of diabetes; it also possesses antioxidant, anti-tumour, anti-bacterial, anti-obesity, and anti-hypertension activities. The aim of this work was to study the in vitro anti-inflammatory effects of different sol...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-10-01
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Series: | Journal of Functional Foods |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464613002016 |