Plant Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bitter Melon; Sorosi

How this plant is used

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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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
MOMORDICA-CUCURBITANE-6	Leaf	not available	200.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICA-ELASTASE-INHIBITOR-MCEI-I	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICA-PROTEIN-MAP-30	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICA-PROTEIN-MAP-30	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICA-TRYPSIN-INHIBITOR-MCTI-I	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICA-TRYPSIN-INHIBITOR-MCTI-II	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICIN	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOMORDICIN-8	Leaf	not available	440.4	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICIN-II	Leaf	not available	1919.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICINE	Leaf	not available	80.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICINE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICINE-I	Shoot	not available	700.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICINE-II	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICINE-II	Shoot	not available	700.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICINE-III	Shoot	not available	1200.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-A	Seed	not available	1287.4	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-B	Seed	not available	89.8	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-C	Seed	not available	114.1	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-D	Seed	not available	22.8	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-E	Fruit	not available	10.4	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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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
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).