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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
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 4.0 9.0 0.47 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 3180.0 0.07 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
THREONINE 4 Seed 15300.0 1.60 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TRYPTAMINE 4 Fruit *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 825.0 -0.04 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 1413.0 -0.42 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TYROSINE 8 Seed 10200.0 0.57 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
UNDEC-TRANS-2-ENAL 0 Fruit *
UREASE 0 Seed 10000.0 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 1885.0 -0.53 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
VALINE 3 Seed 10200.0 -0.22 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
WATER 0 Fruit 915100.0 957000.0 0.81 *
WATER 0 Seed 71000.0 81000.0 -0.56 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 8.0 -0.67 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihepatotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antihepatotoxic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 5 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihistaminic 5 *
AntiHIV 2 *
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 8 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.