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
QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCIMERITRIN	6	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	not available	2.3	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SEROTONIN	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON-OXIDE	0	Seed	1200.0	3900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM-OXIDE	0	Seed	500.0	1400.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	1760.0	5589.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Seed	not available	72900.0	0.45	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR-OXIDE	0	Seed	1700.0	2800.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Stem	not available	17700.0	-1.36	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	not available	3.2	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROLS	0	Oil	not available	900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTANOL	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	67700.0	87700.0	-0.54	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 *