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

 Trichosanthes anguina (Cucurbitaceae)

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Common name(s)
Snakegourd
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID Seed -- 92450.0 -1.00 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
0 ASH Fruit 5000.0 92590.0 0.93 *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 1.0 18.0 -0.12 *
28 CALCIUM Fruit 500.0 9260.0 1.25 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Fruit 41000.0 759250.0 -0.13 *
7 CHLORINE Fruit 210.0 3890.0 2.11 *
0 CHONDRILLASTEROL Plant -- -- -- *
12 COPPER Fruit 1.1 20.0 0.56 *
0 FAT Fruit 3000.0 55555.0 -0.22 *
0 FAT Seed -- 321000.0 0.29 *
15 FIBER Fruit 8000.0 148000.0 0.06 *
12 IODINE Fruit 0.0 0.2 -0.29 *
6 IRON Fruit 11.0 200.0 0.27 *
27 LINOLEIC-ACID Seed -- 49500.0 -0.49 *
65 MAGNESIUM Fruit 530.0 9815.0 3.56 *
39 NIACIN Fruit 3.0 56.0 -0.06 *
18 OLEIC-ACID Seed 83450.0 107535.0 -0.10 *
9 OXALIC-ACID Fruit 10.0 340.0 -0.29 *
13 PALMITIC-ACID Seed 7060.0 9000.0 -0.51 *
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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.