Figure 6From: Momordica charantia (bitter melon) inhibits primary human adipocyte differentiation by modulating adipogenic genes Effect of bitter melon juice on resistin mRNA expression. Differentiating preadipocytes treated with varying concentrations of BMJ (0.5% to 2%, v/v) demonstrate a significant reduction in resistin mRNA gene expression. Bar graphs depict the densitometry scans of resistin gene amplicons (145-bp) and are expressed as a ratio to GAPDH amplicons (298-bp) intensity. Data are expressed as a percentage of the control (set as 100%) and the values represent the mean ± SE (n = 6) of three independent experiments analyzed in duplicate. a, b, cMean values with common letters do not differ (p < 0.05).Back to article page