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
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterosedative	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.