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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPRIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | 2200.0 | 4840.0 | -0.31 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Seed | 400.0 | 880.0 | -0.58 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 3800.0 | 859000.0 | 0.41 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 44000.0 | 48000.0 | -1.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINEOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL | 6 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS,CIS-3,6-NONADIEN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CITRULLIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRULLINE | 5 | Fruit | 1627.0 | 3705.0 | 1.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRULLOL | 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. |
| CLEROSTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CODISTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Fruit | not available | 4.0 | -0.69 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CUCURBITACIN-B | 8 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUCURBITACIN-E | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUCURBITACIN-E | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUCURBITACIN-E-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUCURBITACIN-E-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUCURBITACIN-II | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUCURBITOCITRIN | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigibberellin | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigingivitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 1 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |