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Plant Citrullus lanatus (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Watermelon
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Seed 2200.0 4840.0 -0.31 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Seed 400.0 880.0 -0.58 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 3800.0 859000.0 0.41 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 44000.0 48000.0 -1.89 Duke, 1992 *
CINEOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 6 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS,CIS-3,6-NONADIEN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CITRULLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLINE 5 Fruit 1627.0 3705.0 1.73 Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLOL 0 Fruit 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.
CLEROSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CODISTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit not available 4.0 -0.69 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CUCURBITACIN-B 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-E 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-E 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-E-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-E-GLYCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-II 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITOCITRIN 1 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
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 4 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 2 Martindale's 28th
Antipsychotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 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
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 5 Martindale's 29th