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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.
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
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.