Plant Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bitter Melon, Sorosi

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
ABeta-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for ABeta-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	3 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient)	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1 (View Chemicals list for Acaricide)	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1 (View Chemicals list for Acidulant)	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Acnegenic)	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor)	Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	5 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Analeptic	2 (View Chemicals list for Analeptic)	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	6 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic)	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic?)	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anesthetic)	Martindale's 28th
Angiogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3 (View Chemicals list for Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker)	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic)	Martindale's 28th