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Momordica charantia L. (MC) (Cucurbitaceae) commonly known as balsam pear, bitter gourd or karela, used in several purposes in traditional medicine is an important medicinal plant. Two sets of experiments were carried out, the first experiment indicated that the LD 50 for MC juice and alcoholic extracts were 91.9 and 362.34mg/100g b.wt., respectively, of subcutaneously “s.c.” injected mice...