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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiulcer | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuremic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anxiolytic | 8 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemicide | 2 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Avicide | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bifidogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 21 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 2 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |