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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Trichosanthes anguina (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Snakegourd
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 200.0 3700.0 0.15 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 340.0 6300.0 -1.03 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 5000.0 92590.0 -0.23 *
PUNICIC-ACID 8 Seed 130000.0 -1.00 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.6 11.0 1.28 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 250.0 4630.0 0.26 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 30500.0 41100.0 0.33 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 350.0 6480.0 3.53 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.4 7.4 0.26 *
WATER 0 Fruit 946000.0 0.76 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cancer-Preventive 7 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Carcinogenic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective 6 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Choleretic 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 1 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *