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Plant Citrullus colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Colocynth
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
DOCOSANYL-ACETATE 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 150000.0 510000.0 1.29 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANOIC-ACID 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID 2 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
M-COUMARIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEPTANONE 0 Plant not available not available not available 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
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialcoholic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiallergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 4 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiarrhythmic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiasthmatic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *