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
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Suppurative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Surfactant	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.
Teratogenic	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.
Termiticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Bernard, F. X., Sable, S., Cameron, B., Provost, J., Desnottes, J. F., Crouzet, J., Blanche, F. 1997. Glycosylated Flavones as Selective Inhibitors of Topoisomerase IV. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 41: 992-998.
Toxic	1	Martindale's 28th
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic	1	Martindale's 28th
Tremorilytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide	3	Martindale's 29th
Tumor-Promoter	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *