Plant Citrullus colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Colocynth

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIC-ACID	3	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL	53	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLINE	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COLOCYNTHEIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COLOCYNTHIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COLOSIDE-A	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-B	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-E	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-E-2-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-J-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-L	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-L-GLYCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANOIC-ACID	3	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROELATERICIN-B	0	Fruit	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
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Caspase-3-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	3	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	5	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	2	Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
CNS-Stimulant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.