Wild bitter gourd improves metabolic syndrome: a preliminary dietary supplementation trial.

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Published in Nutr J on January 13, 2012

Authors

Chung-Huang Tsai1, Emily Chin-Fun Chen, Hsin-Sheng Tsay, Ching-jang Huang

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family Medicine, Cheng Ching Hospital, Taichung 407, Taiwan.

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