Compound Monograph
A mixture of steroidal saponins (sterol glucosides) from bitter melon, long studied as one of the fruit’s blood-sugar-lowering constituents, though human evidence remains mixed.
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Charantin is one of the sterols & steroids, found in Bitter Melon.
Concentration
Concentrations not reported. No percent-dry-weight or mg/g figures have been published for this compound in its source plants.
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