Momordica charantia is a plant of the Cucurbitaceae family, is known as bitter melon, karela,
and pare. It grows in tropical areas of the Amazon,, Asia, South America India, East Africa …

Ursane-and oleanane-type triterpene oligoglycosides, centellasaponins B, C, and D, were
isolated from the aerial parts of Centella asiatica (L.) URBAN cultivated in Sri Lanka together …

Steroidal saponins are an important type of plant-specific metabolite that are essential for
plants' responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Because of their extensive pharmacological …

We examined the preventive effect of Momordica charantia L. fruit (bitter melon) on
hyperglycemia and insulin resistance in C57BL/6J mice fed with a high-fat (HF) diet. Firstly …

Focusing on a functional component of Momordica charantia, saponin, we investigated its
effects on serum glucose and neutral fat levels. Saponin was extracted as a butanol-soluble …

Triterpenoids are hypoglycemic substances and flavor components of Momordica charantia
L., whether their bitterness correlated with hypoglycemic potential remain unknown. Thus …

Five cucurbitacins, kuguacins A–E (1–5), together with three known analogues, 3β, 7β, 25-
trihydroxycucurbita-5,(23E)-diene-19-al (6), 3β, 25-dihydroxy-5β, 19-epoxycucurbita-6,(23E) …

This paper reports that bioassay-guided fractionations of EtOH extract of Momordica
charantia fruits led to the isolation of 15 cucurbitane-type triterpene glycosides including 4 …

The aim of the present study was to investigate the in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant
activity of aqueous and methanol extracts of Momordica charantia leaves. In preliminary …

Chemical investigation of the vines and leaves of Momordica charantia resulted in isolation
of fourteen cucurbitane triterpenoids, kuguacins F–S (1–14), including two …