Bitter Melon and Reduced Total 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 Total Cholesterol

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Bitter melon consumption resulted in a significant decrease in plasma concentrations of TC (WMD; -9.71 mg/dL; CI: -17.69 to -1.74, p = 0.01)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes