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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | not available | not available | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 21000.0 | 149000.0 | 0.53 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ASPARAGINE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | not available | 90.0 | -2.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-ALANINE | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-GLUCOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-MOMORCHARIN | 3 | Seed | not available | 800.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BITTER-GOURD-INHIBITOR-BG-I-A | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CALCEOLARIOSIDE-E | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | 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 |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Gastrostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatoprotective | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 1 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Herbistat | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypertensive | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypoammonemic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 16 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 8 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |