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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiamebic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antianaphylactic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianginal | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiapoplectic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiasthmatic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |