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

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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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 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Cotyledon 10200.0 55300.0 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 *
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 *
AVENASTEROL 0 Seed *
BARIUM 0 Fruit 1.3 7.7 -0.91 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Leaf *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Petiole *
BENZYL-ACETATE 9 Petiole *
BENZYL-PROPIONATE 2 Petiole *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed 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 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Petiole *
BETA-PYRAZOL-1-YL-ALANINE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 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 *
BUTYL-ACETATE 0 Petiole *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antieczemic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 7 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 1 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antiendotoxic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 4 *
Antierythemic 1 *
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antifibrotic 3 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th