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
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
Prostaglandigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416.
Prostatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Purgative	1	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Secretogogue	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Secretolytic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Sedative	11	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Soap	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Sunscreen	3	Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener	3	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Sympathomimetic	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.
Teratogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Trypanocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.