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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-VALINE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(CIS-2-NONENYL-OXY)-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(CIS-CIS-3,6-NONADIENYL-OXY)-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(ON-CIS-3-ENYL-OXY)-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-BENZYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHOXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEXYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-NONYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-OCTYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENETHYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22-DIHYDRO-SPINASTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22-DIHYDROBRASSICASTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-BETA-ETHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROLATHOSTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-BETA-ETHYL-25-(27)-DEHYDROLOPHENOL	Seed	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-BETA-ETHYL-LOPHENOL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL	Seed	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
Antiacne	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	1	Martindale's 29th
AntiAddisonian	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	4	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *