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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
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 *
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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 *