Momordenol (3β-hydroxy-stigmasta-5,14-dien-16-one) is a natural chemical compound, a sterol found in the fresh fruit of the bitter melon (Momordica charantia).

[1] The compound is soluble in ethyl acetate and methanol but not in pure chloroform or petrol.

It crystallizes as fine needles that melt at 160–161 °C.

It was isolated in 1997 by S. Begum and others.

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