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
MARGARIC-ACID	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MELODIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MELONIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MELOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MELOSIDE-A-CAFFEOYL-ESTER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Fruit	0.6	0.8	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
MULTIFLORENOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	1500.0	8920.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	4.6	68.0	0.10	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL	3	Fruit	0.9	1.1	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
NONANAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
NONYL-ACETATE	0	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTYL-ACETATE	0	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Cotyledon	40500.0	195300.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	81000.0	200700.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Cotyledon	122000.0	532300.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	9600.0	58400.0	0.51	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
Anesthetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anhydrotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Anorexic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiAGE	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	4	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *