Assessment of effects on health due to consumption of bitter bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) juice
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Assessment of effects on health due to consumption of bitter bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) juice
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) is popularly known as lauki, ghia or dudhi in India. Its consumption is advocated by traditional healers for controlling diabetes mellitus, hypertension, liver diseases, weight loss and other associated benefits. However, in last few years there have been reports of suspected toxicity due to consumption of its juice. This led to the...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Indian Journal of Medical Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0971-5916
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.93424