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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
GERANIOL 35 Fruit Juice *
GERANYL-ACETONE 2 Fruit Juice *
GLOBULIN 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 7420.0 -0.45 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 53000.0 0.48 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GLUTELIN 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 1178.0 -0.94 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GRAMISTEROL 0 Seed *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Fruit *
HEPT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
HEPT-TRANS-2-ENAL 0 Fruit *
HEPTA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
HEPTA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit Juice *
HEX-CIS-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
HEX-TRANS-2-ENAL 0 Fruit *
HEX-TRANS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Fruit *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 3 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 26 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 5 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 3 *
Cardioprotective 6 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Chemopreventive 5 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 3 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 Martindale's 28th