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Plant Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae)

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
(-)-MENTHOL 4 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
10-ALPHA-CUCURBITA-5-24-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(6'-O-PALMITOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-STIGMASTA-5-25(27)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(6'-O-STEAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-STIGMASTA-5-25(27)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
5-ALPHA-STIGMASTA-7,22,25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5-ALPHA-STIGMASTA-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALANINE 3 Seed not available 157.7 -2.13 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALKALOIDS 0 Fruit not available 380.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ALPHA-TREHALOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID 0 Cotyledon not available 658900.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-ELEOSTEARIC-ACID 3 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-GLUCOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-MOMORCHARIN 5 Seed not available 1000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARGININE 14 Seed not available 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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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
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 3 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipulmonotic 1 Tyler, V.E.. 1994.
Antipyretic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *