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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 1700.0 12412.0 0.71 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASCORBIGEN 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH 0 Fruit 4000.0 142000.0 2.21 *
ASH 0 Leaf 21000.0 149000.0 0.53 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASPARAGINE 2 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 90.0 -2.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-ALANINE 2 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 18.0 -0.12 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 51.0 330.0 0.30 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-GLUCOSE 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-MOMORCHARIN 3 Seed 800.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE 6 Fruit *
BITTER-GOURD-INHIBITOR-BG-I-A 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCEOLARIOSIDE-E 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 130.0 4333.0 0.11 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 2640.0 18701.0 0.02 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Carcinogenic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective 6 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Cardiovascular 2 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Cerebrophilic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Chemopreventive 3 *
Chemopreventive (Breast Cancer) 1 *
Chemopreventive (Colon Cancer) 1 *
Choleretic 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 2 Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
CNS-Inhibitor 2 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 1 *
Colorant 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th