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Plant Citrullus colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Colocynth
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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
AntiTNF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Liver) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 3 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 11 Duke, 1992 *