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Common Names
Bitter Melon; Sorosi
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPRIC-ACID | 3 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 47000.0 | 763000.0 | -0.11 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 70000.0 | 618000.0 | 0.05 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CHARANTIN | 4 | Fruit | 350.0 | 1500.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHARANTIN | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHARINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHOLESTEROL | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp |
| CITRULLINE | 5 | Fruit | not available | 41.2 | -0.64 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| COPPER | 12 | Fruit | not available | 30.0 | 1.34 | =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp |
| CRYPTOXANTHIN | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CRYPTOXANTHIN | 2 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CUCURBITACIN-B | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CUCURBITACIN-K | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CYCLOARTENOL | 7 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| D-GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | 600.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DELTA-CAROTENE | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DIOSGENIN | 7 | Fruit | not available | 1.7 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DIOSGENIN | 7 | Tissue Culture | not available | 13.7 | -0.71 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ELASTEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ETHYLENE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacid | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| 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 * |
| AntiADD | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadrenalinic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| 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 | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 3 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antialdosteronic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialkali? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialkalotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiallergic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |