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Plant Coccinia grandis (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Ivy Gourd; Kundree; Tindora; Tindori; Pepasan; Little Gourd; Kanduri
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 400.0 5600.0 0.40 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 35000.0 507245.0 -1.47 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CITRULLINE 5 Seed not available not available not available Dunnill, P. M., Fowden, L. 1965. The Amino Acids of Seeds of the Cucurbitaceae. Phytochemistry, 4: 933-944.
CUCURBITACIN-B 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-7-STIGMASTENONE-(3) 0 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ERYTHRODIOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Akihisa, T., Kimura, Y., Kasahara, Y., Kumaki, K., Thakur, S., Tamura, T. 1997. 7-oxodihydrokarounidiol-3-benzoate and other triterpenes from the seeds of cucurbitaceae. Phytochemistry, 46(7): 1261-1266.
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 14490.0 -0.53 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIBER 15 Fruit 16000.0 231885.0 0.85 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-BETA-PYRAZOL-1-YL-ALANINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Dunnill, P. M., Fowden, L. 1965. The Amino Acids of Seeds of the Cucurbitaceae. Phytochemistry, 4: 933-944.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Flower not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HISTIDINE 7 Flower not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HYDROXYPROLINE 1 Flower not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IRON 6 Fruit 14.0 203.0 0.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
KAROUNIDIOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Akihisa, T., Kimura, Y., Kasahara, Y., Kumaki, K., Thakur, S., Tamura, T. 1997. 7-oxodihydrokarounidiol-3-benzoate and other triterpenes from the seeds of cucurbitaceae. Phytochemistry, 46(7): 1261-1266.
LUPEOL 21 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OMBUIN-3-O-ARABINOFURANOSIDE 0 Root 123.0 125.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Flower not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 300.0 4350.0 0.34 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 12000.0 173915.0 0.86 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianxiety 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiasthmatic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticataract 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.