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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEXAN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Fruit | not available | 707.0 | -0.71 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 7018.0 | 0.24 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| HYDROXYPROLINE | 1 | Fruit | 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. |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 2.0 | 143.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | not available | 75.0 | -0.35 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ISOFRAXIDIN | 5 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOFUCOSTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Fruit | not available | 2238.0 | -0.42 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | not available | 12100.0 | 0.21 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Fruit | not available | 3513.0 | -0.22 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Seed | not available | 6500.0 | 1.28 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| L-(+)-ISOLEUCINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-(-)-PHENYLALANINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-(-)-THREONINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-(-)-TYROSINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-BETA-(PYRAZOL-1-YL)-ALANINE | 0 | Fruit | 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. |
| L-BETA-(PYRAZOL-1-YL)-ALANINE | 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. |
| L-GLUTAMIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed | 1600.0 | 3250.0 | -0.48 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hypotensive | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Insecticide | 2 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Insectifuge | 8 | J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986. |
| Insectiphile | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinogenic | 2 | 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 |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Irritant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juvabional | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Keratolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Larvistat | 1 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Laxative | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 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 |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |