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
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th