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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
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 707.0 -0.71 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 7018.0 0.24 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
HYDROXYPROLINE 1 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IRON 6 Fruit 2.0 143.0 0.04 *
IRON 6 Seed 75.0 -0.35 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ISOFRAXIDIN 5 Seed *
ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 Seed *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 2238.0 -0.42 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 12100.0 0.21 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 3513.0 -0.22 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 6500.0 1.28 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
L-(+)-ISOLEUCINE 0 Plant *
L-(-)-PHENYLALANINE 0 Plant *
L-(-)-THREONINE 0 Plant *
L-(-)-TYROSINE 0 Plant *
L-BETA-(PYRAZOL-1-YL)-ALANINE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
L-BETA-(PYRAZOL-1-YL)-ALANINE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
L-GLUTAMIC-ACID 0 Seed *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed 1600.0 3250.0 -0.48 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antithrombogenic 1 *
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 *
Antitumor 11 *
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
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 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 4 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 3 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.