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

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
(-)-MENTHOL 4 Seed Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
10-ALPHA-CUCURBITA-5-24-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(6'-O-PALMITOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-STIGMASTA-5-25(27)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(6'-O-STEAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-STIGMASTA-5-25(27)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
5-ALPHA-STIGMASTA-7,22,25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5-ALPHA-STIGMASTA-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Fruit *
ALANINE 3 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
ALANINE 3 Seed 157.7 -2.13 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALKALOIDS 0 Fruit 380.0 -0.79 *
ALPHA-ALPHA-TREHALOSE 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID 0 Cotyledon 658900.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-ELEOSTEARIC-ACID 3 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-GLUCOSE 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-MOMORCHARIN 5 Seed 1000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
ARGININE 14 Seed 323.0 -1.03 Jim Duke's personal files.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 570.0 36447.0 1.98 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antinyctalopic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiobesity 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity? 1 *
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
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 7 *
Antiosteoporotic? 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiosteosclerotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 18 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant (LDL) 1 *
Antioxidant? 2 *
Antiozenic 1 *
Antipapillomic 1 *
Antiparkinsonian 5 Martindale's 28th
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphenylketonuric 1 Martindale's 29th