<it>Momordica charantia </it>(bitter melon) inhibits primary human adipocyte differentiation by modulating adipogenic genes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Escalating trends of obesity and associated type 2 diabetes (T2D) has prompted an increase in the use of alternative and complementary functional foods. <it>Momordica charantia </it>or bitter melon (BM) that is traditiona...

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Main Authors: Nerurkar Vivek R, Lee Yun-Kung, Nerurkar Pratibha V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/10/34