User:Herb5902/Bitter melon

Momordica charantia (fruit)

Benefits:

• Mitigates the progression of diabetic nephropathy through suppression of oxidative stress and modulation of the Nrf2 pathway
• Rejuvenating capacity of kidney tissues
• Improves serum glucose level, kidney function tests,
• Mitigates the magnitude of histologic renal damage
• Prevents oxidative damage in diabetic nephropathy.
• Increases glucose uptake by tissues in vitro without concomitant increase of tissue respiration
• Promotes mitochondria biogenesis
• Cancer

Adverse Effects:

• Adverse alternation in the morphological architecture of the kidney tissue
• Chronic administration is nephrotoxic