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Common Names
Bitter Melon; Sorosi
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOMORDICA-CUCURBITANE-6 | 0 | Leaf | not available | 200.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICA-ELASTASE-INHIBITOR-MCEI-I | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICA-PROTEIN-MAP-30 | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICA-PROTEIN-MAP-30 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICA-TRYPSIN-INHIBITOR-MCTI-I | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICA-TRYPSIN-INHIBITOR-MCTI-II | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MOMORDICIN-8 | 0 | Leaf | not available | 440.4 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICIN-II | 0 | Leaf | not available | 1919.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 80.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICINE-I | 0 | Shoot | not available | 700.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICINE-II | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICINE-II | 0 | Shoot | not available | 700.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICINE-III | 0 | Shoot | not available | 1200.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-A | 0 | Seed | not available | 1287.4 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-B | 0 | Seed | not available | 89.8 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-C | 0 | Seed | not available | 114.1 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-D | 0 | Seed | not available | 22.8 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-E | 0 | Fruit | not available | 10.4 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Phytoalexin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PKC-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prebiotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Previtamin-A | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Probiotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Probiotigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protisticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 2 | 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. |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Retinoprotectant Optometry | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ribosome-Inactivator | 2 | Bonness, M. S., Promising new drugs from plants: poisons that heal, Herbarist, #56, 1990, 59-68 |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |