Customized Cooking Methods Enhance Antioxidant, Antiglycemic, and Insulin-Like Properties of Momordica charantia and Moringa oleifera

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Effect of Insulin and aqueous extracts of Momordica charantia and Moringa oleifera on lipogenesis in 3T3-L1 preadipocyte. -axis indicates the mean percentages of lipogenesis ± SD of triplicate assays compared to control values (cells treated with ultra pure water). Preadipocyte (20 000 cells/well, in a 24-well plate) were induced to differentiate with various concentrations of aqueous extracts (5 minutes microwaved) of Momordica charantia and Moringa oleifera prior to Oil Red O quantification assay. Means with different alphabets within an extract are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05, ANOVA).