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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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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
N-PENTADECANE 0 Fruit Juice *
NEOLYCOPENE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NERAL 4 Fruit Juice *
NEUROSPORIN 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 15.0 27.0 -0.45 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NON-CIS-3-EN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
NON-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
NON-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
NON-CIS-6-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
NON-CIS-6-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
NON-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
NON-TRANS-2-EN-AL 0 Fruit *
NONA-CIS-3,6-CIS-DIEN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
NONA-CIS-3,CIS-6-DIEN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
NONA-CIS-3-CIS-6-DIEN-10-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
NONA-TRANS-2-CIS-6-DIENAL 0 Fruit *
NONAN-1-AL 0 Fruit *
NONAN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 *
Antigastritic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Antigranular 1 *
Antihangover 4 *
Antiheartburn 1 *
Antihematuric 1 *
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 *
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 *