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Momordica balsamina

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 11 constituent measurements for Momordica balsamina. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Momordica balsamina L.

11Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited sources

18Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 18 licensed products naming Momordica balsamina as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Source material stated

Fresh fruits collected just before ripening
Fruit
Fruit harvested just before ripe
Fruit(s)

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Alkaloids	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Anthraquinones	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Calcium oxalate	Fruit unspecified	Fresh	—	Microscopical and histometrical tests	No resolvable identifier
Cucurbitacins	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Cyanide	Seed	Solvent extraction	0.2 Milligram/100 gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Momordin	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Seed	Solvent extraction	0.9 Milligram/100 gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Phytic acid	Seed	Solvent extraction	0.2 Milligram/100 gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Faujdar, S., Paliwal, S.K., Mehta, S., Kalia, A.N. Pharmacognostical and phytochemical evaluation of Momordica balsamina fruits. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research, 2013, vol. 19, no. 2, p. 77-79.
Ortigao, Marcelo., Better, Marc. Momordin II, a ribosome inactivating protein from Momordica balsamina, is homologous to other plant proteins. Nucleic acids research, 1992.
Karaye, I.U., Aliero, A.A., Muhammad, S., Bilbis, L.S. Evaluation of nutrient and anti-nutrient contents of selected Nigerian cucurbits seeds. Research journal of pharmaceutical, biological and chemical sciences, 2013, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 137-142.
Karawya, M. S., El-Gengaihi, S., Selim, M. A., Motawe, H. M., Ibrahim, N. A. Major cucurbitacins of Momordica balsamina. Pharmazie, 1996, p. 434-435.
Akinyemi, K. O., Mendie, U. E., Smith, S. T., Oyefolu, A. O., Coker, A. O. Screening of some medicinal plants used in south-west Nigerian traditional medicine for anti-Salmonella typhi activity. Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy, 2005, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 45-60.

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A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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