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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DNA-Active | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DNA-Protective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Embryotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97. |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Essential | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Expectorant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 9 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 11 | Tomas-Barberan, F., Iniesta-Sanmartin, E., Tomas-Lorente, F., and Rumbero, A. 1989. Antimicrobial Phenolic Compounds From Three Spanish Helichrysum Species. Phytochemistry. 29(4): 1093-1095. 1990. |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |