Bitter Melon and Reduced LDL Cholesterol

• The Effects of Bitter Melon ( Mormordica charantia ) on Lipid Profile: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

  • 2024-10-23
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 423
  • Phytotherapy research : PTR 38(12)
  • • Mohammad Reza Amini
    • Niloufar Rasaei
    • Moharam Jalalzadeh
    • Sanaz Pourreza
    • Azita Hekmatdoost

  • PubMed: 39444254
  • DOI: 10.1002/ptr.8357

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced LDL Cholesterol

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  while bitter melon did not significantly lower blood LDL-C (WMD; -8.66 mg/dL; CI: -19.83 to 2.50, p = 0.12)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No