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
Antineoplastic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiNF-kB	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	3	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiodontalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteoporotic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antioxidant	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant	3	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.