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Common Names
Bitter Melon; Sorosi
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 4000.0 | 39000.0 | -0.35 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 10000.0 | 496000.0 | 1.21 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 10000.0 | 257800.0 | 1.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 5000.0 | 104000.0 | -0.71 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FLAVOCHROME | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORIDE | 3 | Fruit | 0.2 | 0.5 | -1.00 | =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 |
| FLUORINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 4.8 | 3.41 | =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 |
| GABA | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | 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 |
| GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID | 22 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GAMMA-CAROTENE | 2 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GENTISIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 212.0 | -1.75 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | not available | 38.2 | -1.58 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HEXADECAN-1-OL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 43.6 | -1.62 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| INULIN | 19 | Fruit | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| INULIN | 19 | Tissue Culture | not available | 19000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidote (Cadmium) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Lead) | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Manganese) | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidote (Paraquat) | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidyskinetic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidyspeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antieczemic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalopathic | 6 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiencephalopathic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiendometriotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienteritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |