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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUGARS | 0 | Fruit | 35000.0 | 45000.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXEROL | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 0.2 | 12.0 | 0.85 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | 1.3 | 8.0 | -0.06 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | not available | 17.8 | -1.82 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TITANIUM | 0 | Fruit | not available | 100.0 | 1.51 | =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 |
| TREHALOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | 3960.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRYPSIN-INHIBITOR-MCI-3 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | not available | 517.0 | -1.67 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| UREASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| V-INSULIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| VERBASCOSIDE | 20 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| VICINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 4000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | 795000.0 | 934000.0 | 0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Leaf | 801000.0 | 846000.0 | 0.19 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ZEATIN | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ZEATIN-RIBOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ZEAXANTHIN | 5 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZEAXANTHIN | 5 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ZEINOXANTHIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiretardation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiretinitic Optometry | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisecretory | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiseptic | 4 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antishock | 1 | Int. J. Immunopharmacology. Vol 10: 735, 1988. |
| Antisickling | 3 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antispasmodic | 5 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaph | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistaphylococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistreptococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 7 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |