Plant Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bitter Melon; Sorosi

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ZEINOXANTHIN	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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