Plant Luffa aegyptiaca (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Luffa; Smooth Loofah; Vegetable Sponge

How this plant is used

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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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	not available	18300.0	3.42	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	1390.0	27800.0	0.87	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	12000.0	240000.0	1.75	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	16000.0	515000.0	3.02	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Fruit	870.0	17400.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.6	12.0	1.50	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	0.6	6.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Fruit	160.0	3200.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	30.0	600.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	50.0	1000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	36000.0	81000.0	1.19	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.5	10.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	0.5	5.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	930000.0	950000.0	0.78	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	901000.0	940000.0	0.66	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	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
Allergenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	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
Antiaggregant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	4	Duke, 1992 *