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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
(+)-VALINE 0 Plant *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed *
2-(CIS-2-NONENYL-OXY)-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Fruit Juice *
2-(CIS-CIS-3,6-NONADIENYL-OXY)-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Fruit Juice *
2-(ON-CIS-3-ENYL-OXY)-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Fruit Juice *
2-BENZYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Fruit Juice *
2-ETHOXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Fruit Juice *
2-HEXYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Fruit Juice *
2-HYDROXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Fruit Juice *
2-NONYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Fruit Juice *
2-OCTYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Fruit Juice *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Fruit Juice *
2-PENTYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Fruit Juice *
2-PHENETHYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Fruit Juice *
22-DIHYDRO-SPINASTEROL 0 Seed *
22-DIHYDROBRASSICASTEROL 0 Seed *
24-BETA-ETHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROLATHOSTEROL 0 Seed *
24-BETA-ETHYL-25-(27)-DEHYDROLOPHENOL 0 Seed 3.0 *
24-BETA-ETHYL-LOPHENOL 0 Seed *
24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL 0 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 *
Antisalmonella 1 *
Antiscoliotic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseptic 10 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 10 *
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic 2 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 2 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
Antisunburn 2 *
Antisyndrome-X 4 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
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.