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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUGARS | 0 | Fruit | 35000.0 | 45000.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXEROL | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 0.2 | 12.0 | 0.85 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | 1.3 | 8.0 | -0.06 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | not available | 17.8 | -1.82 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TITANIUM | 0 | Fruit | not available | 100.0 | 1.51 | =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 |
| TREHALOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | 3960.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRYPSIN-INHIBITOR-MCI-3 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | not available | 517.0 | -1.67 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| UREASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| V-INSULIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| VERBASCOSIDE | 20 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| VICINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 4000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | 795000.0 | 934000.0 | 0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Leaf | 801000.0 | 846000.0 | 0.19 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ZEATIN | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ZEATIN-RIBOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ZEAXANTHIN | 5 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZEAXANTHIN | 5 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ZEINOXANTHIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Vasoconstrictor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vitamin-A-Activity | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vulnerary | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |