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

 Luffa aegyptiaca (Cucurbitaceae)

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Common name(s)
Luffa, Smooth Loofah, Vegetable Sponge
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 AEGYPTININ-A Plant -- -- -- *
2 ALPHA-SPINASTEROL Plant -- -- -- *
0 AMARIN Seed -- -- -- *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 120.0 2400.0 -0.14 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Leaf 950.0 9596.0 0.45 *
0 ASH Leaf 7000.0 71000.0 -0.84 *
0 ASH Fruit 4000.0 80000.0 0.60 *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 1.2 34.0 -0.09 *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Leaf 92.0 933.0 2.93 *
3 BRYONOLIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
28 CALCIUM Fruit 200.0 4000.0 0.03 *
28 CALCIUM Leaf 560.0 55000.0 2.50 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Fruit 43600.0 872000.0 0.48 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Leaf 27000.0 804000.0 1.53 *
20 CHOLINE Fruit 104.0 2090.0 -0.17 *
8 CUCURBITACIN-B Plant -- -- -- *
0 FAT Fruit 2000.0 40000.0 -0.34 *
0 FAT Leaf 0.0 17000.0 -0.79 *
0 FAT Seed 200000.0 450000.0 0.97 *
15 FIBER Fruit 5000.0 100000.0 -0.39 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.