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Plant Gossypium sp (Malvaceae)

Common Names
Cotton
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 31 Essential Oil not available 75100.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENEPOXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN 43 Stem not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed not available 21500.0 -0.96 Duke, 1992 *
CEROTINIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed 200.0 400.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-GAMMA-BISABOLOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE 1 Essential Oil not available 2400.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-BETA-BISABOLOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOTRIACONTANOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN 6 Stem not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESENE 2 Essential Oil not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 160000.0 207000.0 -0.31 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 *