Luffa aegyptiaca

Traditional uses

  • Analgesic

    Tradition: China

  • Antiseptic

    Tradition: China

  • Carminative

    Tradition: China

  • Cathartic

    Tradition: Iraq

  • Dropsy

    Tradition: Haiti

  • Dysentery

    Tradition: China

  • Emetic

    Tradition: Kurdistan

  • Enterorrhagia

    Tradition: China

  • Hematochezia

    Tradition: China

  • Hemostat

    Tradition: China

  • Hernia

    Tradition: China

  • Menorrhagia

    Tradition: China

Chemicals

  • AMARIN

    Plant part: Seed

  • ASCORBIC-ACID

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 950 to 9596

  • ASH

    Plant part: Fruit. Amount: 4000 to 80000

  • CARBOHYDRATES

    Plant part: Fruit. Amount: 43600 to 872000

  • BETA-CAROTENE

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 92 to 933

  • CUCURBITACIN-B

    Plant part: Plant

  • FAT

    Plant part: Fruit. Amount: 2000 to 40000

  • FIBER

    Plant part: Fruit. Amount: 5000 to 100000

  • FIBER

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 15000 to 152000

  • IRON

    Plant part: Fruit. Amount: 3 to 80

  • IRON

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 115 to 1162

  • LINOLEIC-ACID

    Plant part: Seed. Amount: 94000 to 211500