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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-MENTHOL | 4 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 10-ALPHA-CUCURBITA-5-24-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3-O-(6'-O-PALMITOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-STIGMASTA-5-25(27)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3-O-(6'-O-STEAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-STIGMASTA-5-25(27)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 5-ALPHA-STIGMASTA-7,22,25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5-ALPHA-STIGMASTA-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE | 15 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALANINE | 3 | Seed | not available | 157.7 | -2.13 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Fruit | not available | 380.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ALPHA-TREHALOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID | 0 | Cotyledon | not available | 658900.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-ELEOSTEARIC-ACID | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-GLUCOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-MOMORCHARIN | 5 | Seed | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-SPINASTEROL | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARGININE | 14 | Seed | not available | 323.0 | -1.03 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 570.0 | 36447.0 | 1.98 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Sedative | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Soap | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spasmogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sunscreen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Termiticide | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Thyrotropic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Tranquilizer | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricosuric | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |