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Plant Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Bitter Melon, Sorosi
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-MENTHOL 4 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
10-ALPHA-CUCURBITA-5-24-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(6'-O-PALMITOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-STIGMASTA-5-25(27)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(6'-O-STEAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-STIGMASTA-5-25(27)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
5-ALPHA-STIGMASTA-7,22,25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5-ALPHA-STIGMASTA-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALANINE 3 Seed not available 157.7 -2.13 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALKALOIDS 0 Fruit not available 380.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ALPHA-TREHALOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID 0 Cotyledon not available 658900.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-ELEOSTEARIC-ACID 3 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-GLUCOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-MOMORCHARIN 5 Seed not available 1000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARGININE 14 Seed not available 323.0 -1.03 Jim Duke's personal files.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 570.0 36447.0 1.98 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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