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
1,26-HEXACOSANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10,13-DIMETHYLPENTA-13-DECEN-1-AL	0	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ELATERIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ELATERIN-2-D-GLYCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ELATERIN-2-D-GLYCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ELATERIN-2-D-GLYCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Petiole	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ELATERIN-2-D-GLYCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Root	not available	490.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ELATERIN-2-D-GLYCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	1800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ELATERIN-2-D-GLYCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Stem	not available	1700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MANNITOL	0	Pericarp	not available	6000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE	36	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANISALDEHYDE	7	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	not available	122.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGININE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Leucocytogenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lubricant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator	3	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Motor-Depressant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Mutagenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	3	Fitoterapia No.61: 254, 1990.
Narcotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	9	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses