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Common Names
Cotton
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitestosterone | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antithiamin | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithrombogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiTMJ | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitrypanosomic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 12 | Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992. |
| Antitumor (Bladder) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Ovary) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 5 | Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990. |
| Antitympanitic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiulcer | 9 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antivaginitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |