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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
NONAN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
NONAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
NONAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit Juice *
NONAN-4-OLIDE 0 Fruit Juice *
O-ACETYL-SERINE 0 Fruit *
OBTUSIFOLIOL 0 Seed *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
OCT-1-EN-3-ONE 0 Fruit Juice *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
OCT-TRANS-2-ENAL 0 Fruit *
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
OCTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Cotyledon 241000.0 0.92 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 71000.0 189000.0 0.57 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OXYSILVINE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Cotyledon 206300.0 -1.73 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 15200.0 55000.0 0.44 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 25.0 0.44 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PECTIN 24 Fruit *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metal-Chelator 1 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Motor-Depressant 1 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mucotropic 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Mutagenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Mycobactericide 1 *
Myoprotective 1 *
Myorelaxant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Narcotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide 7 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th