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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |