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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PECTIN | 24 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTADECAN-1-OL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PEROXIDASE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 320.0 | 8333.0 | 1.55 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 540.0 | 33467.0 | 5.24 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHYTOFLUENE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHYTOFLUENE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPECOLIC-ACID | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYPEPTIDE-P | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 2700.0 | 45000.0 | 2.40 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | 5100.0 | 33117.0 | 0.12 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PROLINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 9000.0 | 181000.0 | 0.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 51000.0 | 371000.0 | 1.59 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.4 | 9.0 | 0.85 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 4.6 | 31.0 | -0.03 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antifeedant | 5 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigallstone | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigibberellin | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antigoiter | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 1 | Int. J. Immunopharmacology. Vol 10: 729, 1988. |