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	0	Essential Oil	not available	75100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CATECHIN	0	Stem	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN	21	Stem	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-TRANS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	3300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Essential Oil	not available	25400.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM-OXIDE	0	Seed	100.0	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	960.0	2690.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	34100.0	47000.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN	4	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENEOXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE	4	Essential Oil	not available	2400.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXIDE	0	Seed	2400.0	4400.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	500000.0	555000.0	0.13	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
Propecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	1	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	3	Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic	2	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Succinic-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Sunscreen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratogenic	1	Martindale's 29th