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
PENT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-CIS-2-EN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADEC-1-ENE	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-1-AL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL	6	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	not available	1767.0	-0.54	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	not available	16600.0	0.60	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	1.0	2900.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	8300.0	14600.0	2.44	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSETOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUIN	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.
PHYTOIN	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.
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	20.0	236.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
PINENE	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLY-CIS-LYCOPENE	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.
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	13514.0	18000.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
PRO-BETA-CAROTENE	0	Fruit	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
Antiinflammatory	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	4	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).