# OnCo record bitter-melon (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/technologies/bitter-melon/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "bitter-melon" ;
  schema:name "Bitter melon (Momordica charantia)"@en ;
  schema:description "Bitter melon is a vegetable used in folk medicine for diabetes and cancer. In a study of women with cervical cancer it had no effect on the immune cells it was meant to boost, and there is no trial showing it treats cancer. Extracts and large amounts of juice have caused heart rhythm problems, stomach ulcers and kidney inflammation in case reports."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/bitter-melon/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-04"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/bitter-melon> ;
  onco:status "phase-2" ;
  onco:tag "complementary", "supportive-care", "evidence:insufficient" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/technologies/nigella-sativa-black-seed/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/moringa-oleifera/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/nutrition-lifestyle/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/integrative-oncology/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/dietary-supplements-treatment-interactions/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/vinblastine/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/paclitaxel/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/unproven-diet-claims/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-misinformation/> .