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Common Names
Bitter Melon; Sorosi
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOMORDICOSIDE-E | 0 | Seed | not available | 36.5 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-E-1 | 0 | Fruit | not available | 756.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-EX | 0 | Fruit | not available | 12.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-F' | 0 | Fruit | not available | 6.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-F-1 | 0 | Fruit | not available | 434.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-F-2 | 0 | Fruit | not available | 40.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-G | 0 | Fruit | not available | 123.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-H | 0 | Fruit | not available | 74.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-I | 0 | Fruit | not available | 81.8 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-J | 0 | Fruit | not available | 8.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-K | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-K | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-L | 0 | Fruit | not available | 36.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-L | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| MOMORDIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDIN-2 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDIN-A | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDIN-B | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MULTIFLORENOL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MUTACHROME | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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 |