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Influence of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) on growth and blood constituents in albino rats.

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Title Influence of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) on growth and blood constituents in albino rats.
 
Creator Platel, K.
Shurpalekar, K. S.
Srinivasan, K.
 
Subject 09 Human Physiology
23 Vegetables
 
Description Feeding of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) at 0.02, 0.1 and 0.5% (dry weight) levels in a semi-synthetic diet for a period of 8 weeks did not have any adverse influence on the food intake, growth and organ weights of normal adult rats. The haematological parameters of these experimental rats were also normal. Serum cholesterol levels of the rats receiving 0.5% bitter gourd were significantly lower than those of the control rats. There was no hypoglycaemic effect of bitter gourd in these normoglycaemic rats.
 
Date 1993
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/2297/1/Die%20Nahrung%2037%20%281993%29%202%2C%20156-%20160.pdf
Platel, K. and Shurpalekar, K. S. and Srinivasan, K. (1993) Influence of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) on growth and blood constituents in albino rats. Die Nahrung, 37 (2). pp. 156-60. ISSN 0027-769X