Bitter melon extract Bitter melon powder Bitter melon juice powder

Specification of bitter melon extract

English name: bitter melon extract

Latin name: momordica charantia Linn.

Active ingredient: charantin

Specification: 10% 20%

Appearance: light yellow fine powder

Test method: HPLC

Description of bitter melon extract on extract

The plant Momordica charantia belongs to the family cucuritaceae and is commonly known

as bitter melon. Bitter melon grows in tropical and subtropic areas, including parts of East Africa,

Asia, the Caribbean, and South America, where it is used as a food as well as a medicine. It produces

beautiful flowers and prickly fruit.The fruit of this plant lives up to its name—it tastes bitter. Although

the seeds, leaves, and vines of bitter melon have all been used, the fruit is the safest and most

prevalent part of the plant used medicinally. The juice of the leaves and fruit or seeds is used as an anthelmintic. In Brazil, the dose for anthelmintic use is two or three seeds. The immature fruit of

M.charantia tastes bitter due to the cucurbitacius. Cucurbitacius is comprised of a group of triterpenes including momordicosides, A-E, K, L, and momardicius I, II and III. The roots and fruit are used as an abortifacient.

Function of bitter melon extract

1. It can expel heat, brighten eyes, eliminate toxin, decrease blood sugar and invigorate human body.

2. It is used in the folk prescriptions in India, Africa and southeast America.

3. It can treat pyreticosis, polydipsia, summerheat stroke, high fever and pain, carbuncle, erysipelas

malignant apthae, diabetes and Aids.

Application of bitter melon extract

1. It has been used to combat cancer, asthma, variousskin infections, diabetes,GI disorders, and the

common cold.

2. It is also used to fight diabetes, and as an anti-viral to HIV.

3. It helps increase production of beta cells by the pancreas, repair beta cells, and stimulate restoring

function of pancreas.