Bitter melon (Momordica charantia), also known as bitter gourd, comes from a vine native to India and other Asian countries. It's a member of the squash family and produces an oblong, green fruit ...

Experts looking at the effect of an extract of the exotic bitter melon fruit on breast cancer cells found that the extract halted division of the cells and triggered a type of ‘cell suicide ...

In Chinese cuisine, "gwa" - usually translated as squash or melon - covers a wide variety of vegetables and fruits such as watermelon, fuzzy melon, winter melon, Chinese okra and bitter squash.

Monk fruit sugar, derived from a melon native to Southeast Asia ... monk fruit is praised for being natural and not having a bitter aftertaste. Traditionally, monk fruit was extracted and refined ...