Glycemic Response to Momordica Charantia in Type 2 Diabetes

Summary

Diabetes is a common disease which has been treated by traditional medicines for centuries before modern medicine became available. A very common remedy for Diabetes Mellitus in different cultures is momordica charantia (karela or Bitter gourd). The use of alternative medicine is common among Pakistani population. This study was planned to find out the effect of administering freeze dried powder of momordica charantia for three weeks on the glycemic profile and insulin resistance of treatment naiive patients with mild Type 2 diabetes.

Timeline

Start

2008-11

Primary completion

2009-02

Completion

2009-02

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “IP could not be made available in sufficient quantity for the expected enrollment”

Publications

• Background Ahmed I, Adeghate E, Sharma AK, Pallot DJ, Singh J. Effects of Momordica charantia fruit juice on islet morphology in the pancreas of the streptozotocin-diabetic rat. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 1998 Jun;40(3):145-51. doi: 10.1016/s0168-8227(98)00022-9.
• Background Ahmed I, Lakhani MS, Gillett M, John A, Raza H. Hypotriglyceridemic and hypocholesterolemic effects of anti-diabetic Momordica charantia (karela) fruit extract in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2001 Mar;51(3):155-61. doi: 10.1016/s0168-8227(00)00224-2.
• Background Dans AM, Villarruz MV, Jimeno CA, Javelosa MA, Chua J, Bautista R, Velez GG. The effect of Momordica charantia capsule preparation on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus needs further studies. J Clin Epidemiol. 2007 Jun;60(6):554-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.07.009. Epub 2006 Nov 13.

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