Plant Trichosanthes anguina (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Snakegourd

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	92450.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	5000.0	92590.0	0.93	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	1.0	18.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	500.0	9260.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	41000.0	759250.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Fruit	210.0	3890.0	2.11	Duke, 1992 *
CHONDRILLASTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	1.1	20.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	3000.0	55555.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	321000.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	8000.0	148000.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Fruit	0.0	0.2	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	11.0	200.0	0.27	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	49500.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	530.0	9815.0	3.56	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	3.0	56.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	83450.0	107535.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	10.0	340.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	7060.0	9000.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
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.
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).
Antimigraine	4	Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.