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Plant Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Bitter Melon; Sorosi
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MOMORDICOSIDE-E 0 Seed not available 36.5 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-E-1 0 Fruit not available 756.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-EX 0 Fruit not available 12.6 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-F' 0 Fruit not available 6.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-F-1 0 Fruit not available 434.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-F-2 0 Fruit not available 40.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-G 0 Fruit not available 123.6 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-H 0 Fruit not available 74.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-I 0 Fruit not available 81.8 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-J 0 Fruit not available 8.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-K 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-K 0 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MOMORDICOSIDE-L 0 Fruit not available 36.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-L 0 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MOMORDIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDIN-2 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDIN-A 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDIN-B 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MULTIFLORENOL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MUTACHROME 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunomodulator 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinogenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative 5 Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Chemical Express, 7: 297, 1992.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Mastogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.