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
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiasthmatic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiautistic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	18	Duke, 1992 *
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Merck 7th Ed.