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
FIBER	15	Seed	167500.0	243700.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Seed	not available	3.8	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN	0	Stem	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYCAERULIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYFULVIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYPOL	54	Oil	500.0	7000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYPOL	54	Seed	50.0	2500.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYPURPURIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	10200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HERBACITRIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXATRIACONTANE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HIRSUTRIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL	8	Seed	not available	3400.0	1.66	Duke, 1992 *
IRON-OXIDES	0	Seed	200.0	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOASTRAGALIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-LIMONENE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	72480.0	104328.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Capillarigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective	2	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Carminative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	3	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Coagulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
COMP-Inhibitor	2	Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.