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
MOMORDICOSIDE-E	Seed	not available	36.5	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-E-1	Fruit	not available	756.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-EX	Fruit	not available	12.6	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-F'	Fruit	not available	6.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-F-1	Fruit	not available	434.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-F-2	Fruit	not available	40.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-G	Fruit	not available	123.6	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-H	Fruit	not available	74.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-I	Fruit	not available	81.8	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-J	Fruit	not available	8.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-K	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-K	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MOMORDICOSIDE-L	Fruit	not available	36.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-L	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MOMORDIN	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDIN-2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDIN-A	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDIN-B	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MULTIFLORENOL	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MUTACHROME	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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).