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

Common Names

Watermelon

How this plant is used

Food

Download these results as:

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 *

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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
Antithrombogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	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
Antitrypanosomic	1	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	4	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.