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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
CYCLOEUCALENOL	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEINE	13	Fruit	not available	236.0	-1.00	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CYSTEINE	13	Seed	not available	5742.0	0.20	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
DAPHNETIN	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEC-TRANS-2-ENAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECAN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL	24	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESYL-ACETONE	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	200.0	89000.0	0.04	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT	0	Seed	200000.0	571000.0	1.61	Duke, 1992 *
FATTY-ACIDS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	35300.0	257000.0	1.09	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	67000.0	316000.0	1.43	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FOLACIN	15	Fruit	not available	0.3	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
FOLIC-ACID	23	Fruit	not available	0.3	-0.98	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
FRAXIDIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Fruit Juice	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
Antibacterial	17	Duke, 1992 *
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	3	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.
Anticancer (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	2	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.