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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIBOSOME-INACTIVATING-PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| RUBIXANTHIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIXANTHIN | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | not available | 39.9 | -2.02 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 20.0 | 333.0 | -0.15 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | 190.0 | 1234.0 | -0.43 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SQUALENE | 10 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Cotyledon | 121200.0 | 241800.0 | 1.73 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 29800.0 | 147800.0 | 2.64 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMAST-5-ENE-3-BETA-25-DIOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTA-5,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTA-5,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| STIGMASTA-5-25-DIENE-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTA-7,22-DIEN-3BETA-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTA-7-22-25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antistroke | 2 | 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 |
| Antisyndrome-X | 3 | 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 |
| Antitesticular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyreotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antithyrotoxic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitourette | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antitumor | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Bladder) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 5 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Prostate) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitussive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |