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Common Names
Watermelon
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYCLOEUCALENOL | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTEINE | 13 | Fruit | not available | 236.0 | -1.00 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CYSTEINE | 13 | Seed | not available | 5742.0 | 0.20 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| DAPHNETIN | 5 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEC-TRANS-2-ENAL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECAN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHANOL | 24 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESYL-ACETONE | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 200.0 | 89000.0 | 0.04 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 200000.0 | 571000.0 | 1.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FATTY-ACIDS | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 35300.0 | 257000.0 | 1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 67000.0 | 316000.0 | 1.43 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Fruit | not available | 0.3 | -0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit | not available | 0.3 | -0.98 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| FRAXIDIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | 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. |