Product name: bitter melon extract
Product specification: 20% Total Saponins
Latin Name: Momordica charantia L.
Part Used: Fruit
Product Introduction
The plant Momordica charantia belongs to the family of cucuritaceae and is commonly known as bitter melon. The young tender fruit is edible. Because of the taste it acquires the fame painstakingly. It is native to tropical parts of Asia, and widely distributed in the subtropics, the tropics and the warm temperate zone.
The bitter melon is rich in vitamin B, C, the calcium, the iron and so on. Li Shi Zhen, the medical scientist in China’s Ming Dynasty, said that the bitter melon had the effect of" eliminating the evil heat, alleviating fatigue, purifying the mind, clearing the vision, tonifying qi and fortifying yang ". According to modern research discoveries, it can lower blood sugar obviously. It has certain curative effect to diabetes. It has certain effects to viral diseases and cancer.
Applications
1) Dietary Supplement
2) Functional food and food additive