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

Common Names

Luffa; Smooth Loofah; Vegetable Sponge

How this plant is used

Food

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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
AEGYPTININ-A	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMARIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	120.0	2400.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	950.0	9596.0	0.45	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	4000.0	80000.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	7000.0	71000.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	1.2	34.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	92.0	933.0	2.93	Duke, 1992 *
BRYONOLIC-ACID	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	200.0	4000.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	560.0	55000.0	2.50	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	43600.0	872000.0	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	27000.0	804000.0	1.53	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Fruit	104.0	2090.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-B	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	2000.0	40000.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	0.0	17000.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	200000.0	450000.0	0.97	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	5000.0	100000.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antineuralgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.