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
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.