Plant Citrullus lanatus (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Watermelon

How this plant is used

Food

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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
NONAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-4-OLIDE	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-ACETYL-SERINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-ONE	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-ENAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-AL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Cotyledon	not available	241000.0	0.92	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	71000.0	189000.0	0.57	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OXYSILVINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Cotyledon	not available	206300.0	-1.73	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	15200.0	55000.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	not available	25.0	0.44	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PECTIN	24	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
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