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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |