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Plant Citrullus colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae)

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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigibberellin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 2 Duke, 1992 *