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

Select a Results View:

Download these results as:

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
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Fruit	2.6	16.5	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Fruit	20000.0	30000.0	-1.07	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SULFUR	14	Fruit	139.0	198.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.3	4.4	-0.12	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TIRUCALLOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TITANIUM	0	Fruit	0.4	2.2	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS,CIS-2,6-NONADIEN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TRANS,CIS-2,6-NONADIENAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TRANS-2-NONEN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TRANS-2-NONENAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TRIDECANOIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Seed	2.0	6.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Fruit	1.0	13.0	0.81	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER	0	Fruit	896000.0	938000.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	1.5	31.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM	0	Fruit	1.7	2.2	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *

Download these results as:

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 *