Plant Citrullus lanatus (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Watermelon

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-VALINE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(CIS-2-NONENYL-OXY)-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(CIS-CIS-3,6-NONADIENYL-OXY)-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(ON-CIS-3-ENYL-OXY)-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-BENZYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHOXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEXYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-NONYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-OCTYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENETHYL-OXY-5-PENTYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22-DIHYDRO-SPINASTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22-DIHYDROBRASSICASTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-BETA-ETHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROLATHOSTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-BETA-ETHYL-25-(27)-DEHYDROLOPHENOL	Seed	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-BETA-ETHYL-LOPHENOL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hematopoietic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	6	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	2	Martindale's 29th
Hepatotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic	3	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Hypocholesterolemic	17	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	6	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *