Plant Gossypium sp (Malvaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cotton

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
(-)-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	75100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CATECHIN	0	Stem	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN	21	Stem	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-TRANS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	3300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Essential Oil	not available	25400.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM-OXIDE	0	Seed	100.0	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	960.0	2690.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	34100.0	47000.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN	4	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENEOXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE	4	Essential Oil	not available	2400.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXIDE	0	Seed	2400.0	4400.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	500000.0	555000.0	0.13	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	11	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	6	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amebicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	8	Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Anaphrodisiac	1	Martindale's 29th
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *