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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOMORDICOSIDE-E | 0 | Seed | not available | 36.5 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-E-1 | 0 | Fruit | not available | 756.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-EX | 0 | Fruit | not available | 12.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-F' | 0 | Fruit | not available | 6.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-F-1 | 0 | Fruit | not available | 434.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-F-2 | 0 | Fruit | not available | 40.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-G | 0 | Fruit | not available | 123.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-H | 0 | Fruit | not available | 74.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-I | 0 | Fruit | not available | 81.8 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-J | 0 | Fruit | not available | 8.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-K | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-K | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-L | 0 | Fruit | not available | 36.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDICOSIDE-L | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| MOMORDIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDIN-2 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDIN-A | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOMORDIN-B | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MULTIFLORENOL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MUTACHROME | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimenopausal | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimorphinic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiMS | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimutilation | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |