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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
MUTATOCHROME 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
MYCOSE 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
NEROLIDOL 11 Seed Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 3.0 50.0 -0.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN 39 Leaf 15.0 103.0 0.07 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NICKEL 3 Fruit 10.0 2.26 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 33800.0 1.34 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
OLEIC-ACID 18 Cotyledon 155800.0 -1.47 Jim Duke's personal files.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 1580.0 77376.0 -0.34 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ORNITHINE 5 Seed 63.2 Jim Duke's personal files.
OXALATE 0 Fruit 185.0 1444.0 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 5.0 -0.31 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-CYMENE 16 Seed Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
P-INSULIN 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
P-INSULIN 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Cotyledon 27100.0 519500.0 0.58 Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
AntiPMS 4 *
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 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 5 *
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 *