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 |
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CAPRIC-ACID | 3 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 47000.0 | 763000.0 | -0.11 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 70000.0 | 618000.0 | 0.05 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
CHARANTIN | 4 | Fruit | 350.0 | 1500.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
CHARANTIN | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
CHARINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
CHOLESTEROL | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | =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 |
CITRULLINE | 5 | Fruit | not available | 41.2 | -0.64 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
COPPER | 12 | Fruit | not available | 30.0 | 1.34 | =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 |
CRYPTOXANTHIN | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CRYPTOXANTHIN | 2 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
CUCURBITACIN-B | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
CUCURBITACIN-K | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
CYCLOARTENOL | 7 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | 600.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
DELTA-CAROTENE | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
DIOSGENIN | 7 | Fruit | not available | 1.7 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
DIOSGENIN | 7 | Tissue Culture | not available | 13.7 | -0.71 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
ELASTEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
ETHYLENE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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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 |