Publications
| extra-pancreatic effects of momordica charantia in rats. | the extra pancreatic effects of the oral hypoglycaemic plant momordica charantia have been investigated in rats. it was found that the fruit juice of this plant caused an increased glucose uptake by tissues in vitro without concomitant increase of tissue respiration. oral treatment with the juice prior to a glucose load was found to increase the glycogen content of liver and muscle while it had no effect on the triglyceride content of adipose tissue. pretreatment of fasted rats with m. charantia ... | 1986 | 3807387 |
| effect of momordica charantia on the glucose tolerance in maturity onset diabetes. | investigations were carried out to evaluate the effect of momordica charantia on the glucose tolerance of maturity onset diabetic patients. the fruit juice of m. charantia was found to significantly improve the glucose tolerance of 73% of the patients investigated while the other 27% failed to respond. | 1986 | 3807390 |
| oral hypoglycaemic activity of some medicinal plants of sri lanka. | investigations were carried out to evaluate the oral hypoglycaemic activity of some sri lankan medicinal plants. approximately 40 plants available locally are reputed to have oral hypoglycaemic activity. of these, the mostly widely used are (a) salacia reticulata (celastraceae) (b) aegle marmelos (rutaceae) and (c) momordica charantia (cucurbitaceae). aqueous decoctions of these plants were investigated for their ability to lower the fasting blood glucose level and improve the glucose tolerance ... | 1984 | 6492834 |
| structures of new cucurbitane-type triterpenes and glycosides, karavilagenins and karavilosides, from the dried fruit of momordica charantia l. in sri lanka. | three new cucurbitane-type triterpene called karavilagenins a, b, and c and five new cucurbitane-type triterpene glycosides called karavilosides i, ii, iii, iv, and v were isolated from the dried fruit of sri lanka momordica charantia l. (cucurbitaceae) together with two known cucurbitane-type triterpenes, 19(r)-methoxy-5beta,19-epoxycucurbita-6,23-dien-3beta,25-diol and 5,19-epoxycucurbita-6,23-diene-3,25-diol, and nine known cucurbitane-type triterpene glycosides, goyaglycosides-b, -c, and -d, ... | 2006 | 17077551 |