Momordica Charantia Extract

Momordica charantin is a crystalline substance obtained from the ethanol extract of the bitter melon fruit. The reason why bitter melon has been considered to have a potential hypoglycemic effect is mainly because there are two active ingredients in bitter melon extract: charantin and bitter melon polypeptide. Momordica charantin, also known as balsam pear glycosides, is found in the roots, stems, leaves and fruits of balsam pear; balsam pear polypeptides are bioactive components extracted from fresh special balsam pear seeds, mainly distributed in balsam pear fruits and seeds.

1. Applied in food industry, it is mainly used as food additives.
2. Applied in health product, It is mainly used as capsules or pills.
3. Bitter melon's Vitamin C content is very high. It has functions of preventing scurvy, protecting cell membrane and so on. It can prevent atherosclerosis, sharpen organism stress, and protect the heart.
4. The effective component in the bitter melon may suppress normal cell's cancer and the promotion sudden change cell's restoration, has certain antitumor effect.