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
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 *

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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 *