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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Momordica charantia

Common Name
Periok; Ejinrin; Balsam Apple; Sorci; Kerela; Chin Li Chih; Assorossie; Gule Khandan; Pare; A'Jayib Al Maasi; Salsamino; Sorossie; Peria; Sorossi; Melao De Sao Caetano; Sorossies; Balsampear; K'U Kua; Peria laut; Lai P'U T'Ao

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Fatality US *
Fever Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Fever Elsewhere *
Fever Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Fever Panama(Choco) *
Fever Trinidad *
Gonorrhea Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Gout Elsewhere *
Gout Elsewhere *
Halitosis China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Halitosis Elsewhere *
Hepatitis Elsewhere *
Hepatitis Elsewhere *
Hyperglycemia Elsewhere *
Hyperglycemia India *
Hypertension Trinidad *
Hypertension Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Insecticide Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Itch Elsewhere *
Jaundice Elsewhere *