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
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Dermatitigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Digestive	1	Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
Diuretic	6	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Estrogenic	3	Australian J. Med Herbalism, 7: 29.
Expectorant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).