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Plant Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Bitter Melon; Sorosi
How this plant is used
Food
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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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MOMORDICA-CUCURBITANE-6 0 Leaf not available 200.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICA-ELASTASE-INHIBITOR-MCEI-I 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICA-PROTEIN-MAP-30 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICA-PROTEIN-MAP-30 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICA-TRYPSIN-INHIBITOR-MCTI-I 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICA-TRYPSIN-INHIBITOR-MCTI-II 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MOMORDICIN-8 0 Leaf not available 440.4 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICIN-II 0 Leaf not available 1919.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICINE 0 Leaf not available 80.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICINE-I 0 Shoot not available 700.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICINE-II 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICINE-II 0 Shoot not available 700.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICINE-III 0 Shoot not available 1200.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-A 0 Seed not available 1287.4 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-B 0 Seed not available 89.8 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-C 0 Seed not available 114.1 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-D 0 Seed not available 22.8 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOMORDICOSIDE-E 0 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
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticerebrotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholesteremic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antichoreic 2 Martindale's 29th
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.