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Plant Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Bitter Melon; Sorosi
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FAT 0 Leaf 4000.0 39000.0 -0.35 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Seed 10000.0 496000.0 1.21 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Fruit 10000.0 257800.0 1.10 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 5000.0 104000.0 -0.71 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FLAVOCHROME 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLUORIDE 3 Fruit 0.2 0.5 -1.00 =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
FLUORINE 0 Fruit not available 4.8 3.41 =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
GABA 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 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
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-CAROTENE 2 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed not available 212.0 -1.75 Jim Duke's personal files.
GLYCINE 12 Seed not available 38.2 -1.58 Jim Duke's personal files.
HEXADECAN-1-OL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HISTIDINE 7 Seed not available 43.6 -1.62 Jim Duke's personal files.
INULIN 19 Fruit not available 10000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
INULIN 19 Tissue Culture not available 19000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiasthmatic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 12 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 4 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.