Karela Capsules

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We are offering karela capsules.
Karela offers a host of medicinal benefits and is a key herb in ayurvedic medicine.
Recent medical studies have indicated that karela contains a ‘plant-insulin’ which helps in lowering blood sugar levels. The juice of the plant is helpful in treating alcohol-induced hepatotoxicity.
Karela is commonly eaten in asia. In fact, health canada recommends eating karela on their website under ‘treat your taste buds’, suggesting karela as an unique, new nutritious food to try.karela is a tropical, bitter vegetable mainly cultivated in a few asian and african countries.
Active constituents:
the fruit and seed contain a polypeptide, p-insulin, which is considered similar structurally and pharmacologically to bovine insulin.
The seed and fruit contain an inhibitor of hiv, map-30 (momordica anti-hiv-protein) which exhibits antiviral and antitumor activity in vitro. Another protein, mrk-29 found in the seed and fruit of a smaller variety of karela originating from thailand, inhibits hiv reverse transcriptase and increases the tumor necrosis factor. It is also rich in vitamins a and c, beta carotene, as well as the minerals phosphorous, iron and potassium.