Plant Cucumis melo (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cantaloupe; Melon; Muskmelon; Netted Melon; Persian Melon; Nutmeg Melon

How this plant is used

Food

Subspecies

ssp melo var.cantalupensis

Subspecies Author

NAUDIN

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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
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	26.0	77.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Cotyledon	10200.0	55300.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	2700.0	4014.0	-0.26	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	397.0	4370.0	-0.01	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH	0	Fruit	6950.0	110000.0	1.38	Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Fruit	1.3	7.7	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE	9	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-PROPIONATE	2	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.2	201.0	0.24	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PYRAZOL-1-YL-ALANINE	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.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit	not available	160.0	-0.58	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BORON	4	Fruit	1.0	16.5	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-ACETATE	0	Petiole	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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Singla*, A.K. Pathak, K. 1989. Phytoconstituents of Euphorbia species. Fitoterapia 61(6): 483-508, 1990.
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive	1	Science News, 145: 294.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *