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

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
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Seed Oil 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 Jim Duke's personal files.
CHARANTIN 4 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
CHARINE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
CHOLESTEROL 1 Fruit =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 41.2 -0.64 Jim Duke's personal files.
COPPER 12 Fruit 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 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
CUCURBITACIN-B 8 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
CUCURBITACIN-K 2 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Fruit 600.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
DELTA-CAROTENE 1 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
DIOSGENIN 7 Fruit 1.7 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
DIOSGENIN 7 Tissue Culture 13.7 -0.71 Jim Duke's personal files.
ELASTEROL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ETHYLENE 1 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticold 1 *
Anticolitic 1 *
Anticolitic? 1 *
Anticomplementary 1 *
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 *
AntiCrohn's 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 3 *
Antidepressant 7 Martindale's 28th
Antidepressant? 1 *
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