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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Benincasa hispida (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Waxgourd
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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 130.0 6750.0 0.14 *
ASH 0 Fruit 3000.0 76925.0 0.52 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 2.5 -0.15 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 170.0 4870.0 0.23 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 29000.0 825000.0 0.23 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 51280.0 -0.25 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 5000.0 200000.0 0.55 *
IRON 6 Fruit 4.0 125.0 -0.03 *
ISOMULTIFLORENYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 130.0 3335.0 -0.49 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 870.0 22305.0 -0.04 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 90.0 2305.0 -0.47 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 190.0 4870.0 1.27 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 30.0 770.0 -0.23 *
MUFA 13 Fruit 370.0 9485.0 -0.12 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.0 102.0 0.55 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 370.0 9485.0 -0.41 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 34.0 -0.30 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 110.0 2820.0 -0.32 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 70.0 4870.0 0.50 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunomodulator 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insectifuge 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 1 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
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 3 Merck 11th Edition
Laxative 3 *
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.