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

 Trichosanthes kirilowii (Cucurbitaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chinese Cucumber
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 24-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTA-7,22,25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL Seed -- -- -- *
0 24-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTA-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL Seed -- -- -- *
0 24-ETHYL-5ALPHA-CHOLESTA-5,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL Plant -- -- -- *
0 24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-7,24(25)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL Plant -- -- -- *
0 7-STIGMASTEROL Root -- -- -- *
2 ALPHA-SPINASTEROL Seed -- -- -- *
0 ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-6'-(Z,Z)-9,12-OCTADECADIENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE Root -- -- -- *
0 ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-6'-PALMITYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE Root -- -- -- *
0 ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-PALMITATE Root -- -- -- *
0 ALPHA-SPINASTERYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Root -- -- -- *
0 ALPHA-TRICHOSANTHIN Root -- -- -- *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Root -- -- -- *
2 CAMPESTEROL Seed -- -- -- *
0 COMPOUND-Q Root -- -- -- *
0 DELTA-7-CAMPESTEROL Seed -- -- -- *
0 DELTA-7-STIGMASTENOL Seed -- -- -- *
0 DELTA-7-STIGMASTENOL-6'-(Z,Z)-9,12-OCTADECADIENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE Root -- -- -- *
0 DELTA-7-STIGMASTENOL-6'-PALMITYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE Root -- -- -- *
27 LINOLEIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
0 LINOLENIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
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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.