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Bitter Melon: study protocols

10 study groups say how much Bitter Melon participants took a day. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Bitter Melon: what the research found →

Dose per serving from products

190 products in our catalogue print how much Bitter Melon a serving holds.

Most common: 25 mg to 50 mg and 50 mg to 100 mg, 22% of 190 products each.

Dose per servingProducts
10 mg or less
10
10 mg to 25 mg
23
25 mg to 50 mg
42
50 mg to 100 mg
42
100 mg to 250 mg
32
250 mg to 500 mg
24
500 mg to 1 g
9
over 1 g
8

Dose per serving from research

10 study groups in 7 studies say how much Bitter Melon participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 1 g to 2.5 g, 60% of 10 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
250 mg to 500 mg
1
500 mg to 1 g
1
1 g to 2.5 g
6
2.5 g to 5 g
2

Commonly used together

None of these 10 study groups took Bitter Melon with anything else.

10 study groups

Study
The effects of Momordica charantia (bitter melon) supplementation in patients with primary knee osteoarthritis: A single-blinded, randomized controlled trial
2018 · Momordica charantia group · Adults with primary knee osteoarthritis; age and sex not specified
1.5 g90 days38
Effect of Momordica charantia Administration on Anthropometric Measures and Metabolic Profile in Patients with Obesity: A Pilot Clinical Trial
2022 · MC group · Patients with obesity; age and sex not specified
2 g12 weeks12
Bitter gourd reduces elevated fasting plasma glucose levels in an intervention study among prediabetics in Tanzania
2018 · Bitter gourd · People with prediabetes; age and sex not specified
2.5 g8 weeks52
Lower hypoglycemic but higher antiatherogenic effects of bitter melon than glibenclamide in type 2 diabetic patients
2015 · Group II (bitter melon 4 g/day) · Adults aged 30–70 with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes
4 g10 weeks33
Lower hypoglycemic but higher antiatherogenic effects of bitter melon than glibenclamide in type 2 diabetic patients
2015 · Group I (bitter melon 2 g/day) · Adults aged 30–70 with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes
2 g10 weeks32
Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) supplementation for twelve weeks improves biomarkers of glucose homeostasis in a prediabetic population
2025 · Study 1 bitter gourd intervention · Prediabetic participants; age and sex not stated
2.4 g4 weeks30
Investigation of the Influence of a Bitter Melon Product on Indicators of Cardiometabolic Health in Adults with Prediabetes
2025 · low-dose bitter melon · Adults with prediabetes; age range and sex not specified
300 mg12 weeks26
Investigation of the Influence of a Bitter Melon Product on Indicators of Cardiometabolic Health in Adults with Prediabetes
2025 · high-dose bitter melon · Adults with prediabetes; age range and sex not specified
600 mg12 weeks24
Momordica charantia Administration Improves Insulin Secretion in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
2018 · M. charantia group · Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, without pharmacological treatment; age and sex not reported
2 g90 days—
Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) supplementation for twelve weeks improves biomarkers of glucose homeostasis in a prediabetic population
2025 · Study 2 bitter gourd intervention · Prediabetic participants; age and sex not stated
3.6 g12 weeks—