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Plant Citrullus colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Colocynth
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiatherosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 16 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Anticancer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
Anticariogenic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticataract 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticold 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplement 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.