Karela-Regulates Metabolism descriptionsKarelas principle constituents are lectins charantin and momordicine. The fruits have long been used in India as a folk remedy for diabetes mellitus. Lectins from the bitter gourd have shown significant antilipolytic and lipogenic activities.
The fruits leaves and extracts of Momordica charantia possess pharmacological properties and medicinal uses. It is useful as an emetic purgative in bilious affections burning soles of the feet as an anthelmentic in piles leprosy jaundice as a vermifuge astringent in hemorrhoids as a stomachic antispasmodic antioxytocic hypoglycemic antipyretic mild hypotensive anorectic and for the potentiation of ACh histamine and BaCI2 induced contractions and inhibition of ACh of skeletal muscle.
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