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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mitotic | 1 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Monoamine-Precursor | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mosquitocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mucogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Myorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Nematicide | 4 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neuroinhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Neurotransmitter | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 4 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 18 | Duke, 1992 * |