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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
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.