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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IODINE | 12 | Fruit | not available | 0.4 | -0.29 | =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 |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 2.0 | 560.0 | 1.69 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 50.0 | 357.0 | -0.02 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | not available | 38.4 | -1.33 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Fruit | 440.0 | 3020.0 | -0.97 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| LANOSTEROL | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | =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 |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LEAD | 0 | Fruit | not available | 5.0 | -0.19 | =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 |
| LECTIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LECTIN-INHIBITOR | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | not available | 41.6 | -1.63 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Cotyledon | 72200.0 | 103900.0 | -1.56 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 770.0 | 38192.0 | -0.59 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Cotyledon | not available | 99600.0 | -1.27 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LUTEIN | 15 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Convulsant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cosmetic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Demulcent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dermatitigenic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Essential | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 1 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Fatal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 6 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |