Moringa powder put to the test against metabolic syndrome
NCT ID NCT07194577
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether taking moringa leaf powder capsules for 8 weeks could improve metabolic syndrome in Mexican adults. 36 participants were randomly assigned to receive either moringa or a placebo. Researchers measured changes in weight, blood pressure, waist size, and blood tests like glucose and cholesterol.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Moringa oleifera dried leaf powder
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a natural supplement to help manage metabolic syndrome, potentially reducing the need for some medications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 36 participants over 8 weeks. Results may not apply to other populations, and the supplement may show no benefit over placebo.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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36 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Finished
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Oct 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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25 to 59 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Beneficiaries of the medical consultation of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Colima * \- Female and male gender * People with 3 diagnostic variables of metabolic syndrome according to the standardization of criteria established for the diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome (2009). * Patients under treatment for components of metabolic syndrome (dyslipidemia, diabetes, arterial hypertension) * Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Conditions that do not allow blood collection * Patients with metabolic syndrome who currently follow a nutritional plan and/or do exercise * Pregnant women * Smokers * Patients with hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, cancer, renal failure and/or liver cirrhosis * Patients with any complication of diabetes mellitus * Patients on insulin therapy * People who take botanical extracts or a multivitamin * People with food allergies * Acute infection in progress at the time of blood sample collection * Patients must not be participating in another study alternately Elimination Criteria * Insufficient, coagulated or hemolyzed serum sample. * Patients who interrupt treatment or who do not wish to continue. * Patients who present side effects (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain) or any symptom related to discomfort, allergy or intolerance with the consumption of Moringa oleifera leaf powder that does not disappear in a period of 3 days.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Unidad de Medicina Familiar No.19, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Colima, Centro, 28000, Mexico
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