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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |