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
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 *

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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
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	2	Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypercholesterolemic	2	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypocholesterolemic	10	Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Hypocholesterolemic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic	4	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypokalemic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Hypolipidemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	6	Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	3	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectifuge	9	Duke, 1992 *
Insectiphile	5	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.