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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPRIC-ACID | 3 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 47000.0 | 763000.0 | -0.11 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 70000.0 | 618000.0 | 0.05 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CHARANTIN | 4 | Fruit | 350.0 | 1500.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHARANTIN | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHARINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHOLESTEROL | 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 |
| CITRULLINE | 5 | Fruit | not available | 41.2 | -0.64 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| COPPER | 12 | Fruit | not available | 30.0 | 1.34 | =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 |
| CRYPTOXANTHIN | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CRYPTOXANTHIN | 2 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CUCURBITACIN-B | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CUCURBITACIN-K | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CYCLOARTENOL | 7 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| D-GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | 600.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DELTA-CAROTENE | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DIOSGENIN | 7 | Fruit | not available | 1.7 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DIOSGENIN | 7 | Tissue Culture | not available | 13.7 | -0.71 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ELASTEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ETHYLENE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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 * |