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Common Names
Watermelon
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NONAN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAN-2-ONE | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAN-4-OLIDE | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-ACETYL-SERINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OBTUSIFOLIOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCT-1-EN-3-OL | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCT-1-EN-3-ONE | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCT-TRANS-2-ENAL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-1-AL | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Cotyledon | not available | 241000.0 | 0.92 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 71000.0 | 189000.0 | 0.57 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| OXYSILVINE | 0 | Seed | 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. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Cotyledon | not available | 206300.0 | -1.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 15200.0 | 55000.0 | 0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Fruit | not available | 25.0 | 0.44 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| PECTIN | 24 | Fruit | 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. |