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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIBOSOME-INACTIVATING-PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| RUBIXANTHIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIXANTHIN | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | not available | 39.9 | -2.02 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 20.0 | 333.0 | -0.15 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | 190.0 | 1234.0 | -0.43 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SQUALENE | 10 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Cotyledon | 121200.0 | 241800.0 | 1.73 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 29800.0 | 147800.0 | 2.64 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMAST-5-ENE-3-BETA-25-DIOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTA-5,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTA-5,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| STIGMASTA-5-25-DIENE-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTA-7,22-DIEN-3BETA-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTA-7-22-25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticold | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticomplementary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 4 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Anticoronary | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCrohn's | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiCTS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidecubitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antideliriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidepressant | 7 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidepressant? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidermatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 9 | Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp. |
| Antidiabetic? | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Antidiarrheic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antidiscotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Aluminum) | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antidote (Ammonia) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |