Momordica charantia (Bitter Melon) Reduces Obesity-Associated Macrophage and Mast Cell Infiltration as well as Inflammatory Cytokine Expression in Adipose Tissues

• Bin Bao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bin Bao, Yan-Guang Chen

  Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China

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• Yan-Guang Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bin Bao, Yan-Guang Chen

  Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China

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• Lei Zhang,

  Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China

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• Yan Lin Na Xu,

  Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China

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• Xin Wang,

  Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China

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• Jian Liu ,

  * E-mail: liujian509@hfut.edu.cn (JL); quweiok@gmail.com (WQ)

  Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China

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• Wei Qu

  * E-mail: liujian509@hfut.edu.cn (JL); quweiok@gmail.com (WQ)

  Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China

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