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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
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiintegrase 1 *
Antikeratitic 1 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antilethargic 2 *
Antileukemic 2 *
Antileukoplakic 1 *
Antileukotriene 1 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 *
Antilithic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 *
Antilymphomic 1 *
Antimaculitic 3 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.