Product Description
Bitter melon grows in tropical areas, including parts of East Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and South America, where it is used as a food as well as a medicine. Being a relatively common food item, bitter melon was traditionally used for a dazzling array of conditions by people in tropical regions. Numerous infections, cancer, and diabetes are among the most common conditions it was purported to improve. The leaves and fruit have both been used occasionally to make teas and beer or to season soups in the
Western world. The berries also produce wax, which can be made into candles.
Charantin is a chemical substance obtained from the Asian bitter melon (Momordica charantia), reputed to be responsible for the hypoglycaemic properties of those plants. It was identified by Lolitkar and Rao in 1960.
Physical and Chemical Properties:
Appearance |
Powder |
Visual |
Taste |
Typical to botanical |
Gustatory |
Odor |
Typical to botanical |
Olfactory |
Sieve analysis |
80% pass 80 mesh |
Mesh screen |
Moisture content |
≤ 5% |
IR balance |
Ash |
≤ 5% |
2g / 525°C / 5hrs |
Heavy metals:
Arsenic (As) |
≤ 1 ppm |
Atomic absorption |
Cadmium (Cd) |
≤ 1 ppm |
Atomic absorption |
Lead (Pb) |
≤ 3 ppm |
Atomic absorption |
Mercury(Hg) |
≤ 0.1 ppm |
Atomic absorption |
Total heavy metals |
≤ 10 ppm |
Colorimetry |
Microbiology:
Total plate count |
≤ 10000 cfu/g |
AOAC |
Yeasts & Molds |
≤ 1000 cfu/g |
AOAC |
Salmonella |
Absent/10g |
AOAC |
E.Coli |
Absent/1g |
AOAC |
Sterilization method |
High Temperature & High Pressure Short time (5" - 10") |
Packaging | Storage:
Packaging |
Carton drum | inner double layer plastic bag |
Storage |
Store in well-closed container away from heat,sunshine and moisture |
Shelf Life |
24 months in original packaging and store away from direct sun light |
Functions
1. Bitter melon extract has been used to combat cancer, asthma, various skin infections, diabetes, GI disorders, and the common cold.
2.Preventing and improving diabetes complication ;
3.Regulating blood fats and reinforce;
4.Supporting healthy blood sugar levels and blood pressure
5.Bitter melon extract is also used to fight diabetes, and as an anti-viral to HIV.
6.Bitter melon extract helps increase production of beta cells by the pancreas, repair beta cells, and stimulate restoring function of pancreas.
7. The bitter melon, containing the balsam pear multi-peptide class material, can lower blood sugar fast, prevent and improve diabetes' complication, regulate blood fats, and reinforce immunity.
Application
1. Applied in food industry, bitter melon extract powder 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.