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
MAGNESIUM-OXIDE	0	Seed	4400.0	5600.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE-OXIDE	0	Seed	300.0	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	2240.0	6830.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	not available	16.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTIFLORIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCIMENE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSANOL	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	36640.0	61270.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	31840.0	48438.0	2.02	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	not available	11.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS	0	Seed	not available	4100.0	-1.40	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS-OXIDES	0	Seed	10300.0	13300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Seed Oil	not available	0.6	-0.28	Booth, S. L., Suttie, J. W. 1998. Dietary intake and adequacy of vitamin K. J. Nutrition, 128(5): 785-788.
POTASSIUM-OXIDE	0	Seed	9400.0	10700.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	144400.0	197800.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDOXINE	43	Seed	not available	0.9	-1.18	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *