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. 2017 Mar 20;22(3):488. doi: 10.3390/molecules22030488

Figure 1.

Figure 1

(A) Bitter melon (BM) extract effect on body weight. Six-week time course monitoring of body mass was conducted on Lean or Zucker Obese (ZO) rats (n = 10 animals in each group), fed daily by gavage, with mucin–water vehicle, or BM extract of 400 mg/kg body weight, at outset (Baseline) and the three-week and six-week time points. Results are provided as average body mass, in grams, ±SEM; (B) Effect of bitter melon extract on serum glucose metabolism. Lean or Zucker Obese (ZO) rats (n = 10 animals per group), fed daily by gavage, for six weeks with mucin–water vehicle, or BM extract of 400 mg/kg body weight, are evaluated for fasting serum glucose content immediately prior to oral administration of 3 g of glucose per kg of body weight (Baseline). Results are provided as average serum glucose content, in mmol/L of peripheral blood, ±SEM.