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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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 * |