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
25(27)-DEHYDRO-CHONDRILLASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
25(27)-DEHYDRO-FUNGISTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
25(27)-DEHYDRO-PORIFERASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-OXO-NONAN-1-AL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Fruit	not available	2000.0	-0.67	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALANINE	3	Seed	not available	15000.0	1.03	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALLANTOIN	12	Seed	not available	450.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMINO-BETA-(1-IMIDAZOYL)-PROPIONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	not available	6949.0	0.70	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ARGININE	14	Seed	not available	46600.0	0.93	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	not available	94.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	not available	30600.0	-0.67	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ASH	0	Seed	not available	62000.0	0.42	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	not available	4594.0	-0.73	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.

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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
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.