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

Common Names
Watermelon
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PENT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
PENT-CIS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
PENT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
PENTADEC-1-ENE 0 Fruit Juice *
PENTAN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
PENTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 6 Fruit Juice *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 1767.0 -0.54 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 16600.0 0.60 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 1.0 2900.0 -0.10 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 8300.0 14600.0 2.44 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit 0.0 -0.23 *
PHYSETOLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
PHYTOFLUIN 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHYTOIN 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 20.0 236.0 -0.91 *
PINENE 12 Seed *
POLY-CIS-LYCOPENE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 13514.0 18000.0 0.01 *
PRO-BETA-CAROTENE 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 5 *
Propecic 4 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 *
Protisticide 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Radioprotective 1 *
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rubefacient 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sclerosant 1 Martindale's 29th
Sedative 8 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
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Soporific 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Spasmogenic 1 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spasmolytic 1 *
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.