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Common Names
Watermelon
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | not available | 25500.0 | 0.26 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| AVENASTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-ALCOHOL | 9 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | 2.0 | 48.0 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE-EPOXIDE | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Fruit | not available | 10.0 | -0.78 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| BORON | 4 | Fruit | 1.0 | 4.0 | -0.72 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
| BRYONOLIC-ACID | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BRYONOLIC-ACID | 3 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTAN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTAN-4-OLIDE | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 100.0 | 3400.0 | -0.11 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 1294.0 | 1300.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-HT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acidulant | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelochemic | 2 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Allergenic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic? | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anhydrotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 1 | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| Antiacid | 1 | Martindale's 29th |