Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Trichosanthes anguina (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Snakegourd
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID 0 Seed 92450.0 -1.00 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit *
ASH 0 Fruit 5000.0 92590.0 0.93 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 1.0 18.0 -0.12 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 500.0 9260.0 1.25 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 41000.0 759250.0 -0.13 *
CHLORINE 7 Fruit 210.0 3890.0 2.11 *
CHONDRILLASTEROL 0 Plant *
COPPER 12 Fruit 1.1 20.0 0.56 *
FAT 0 Fruit 3000.0 55555.0 -0.22 *
FAT 0 Seed 321000.0 0.29 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 8000.0 148000.0 0.06 *
IODINE 12 Fruit 0.0 0.2 -0.29 *
IRON 6 Fruit 11.0 200.0 0.27 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 49500.0 -0.49 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 530.0 9815.0 3.56 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 3.0 56.0 -0.06 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 83450.0 107535.0 -0.10 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 10.0 340.0 -0.29 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 7060.0 9000.0 -0.51 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 3 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Antiacne 3 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 2 (View) *
Antiallergic 3 (View) *