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Common Names
Cotton
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Thermogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tineacide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 2 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Toxic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Tranquilizer | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Transdermal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricosuric | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Vasoactive | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Vasoconstrictor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 5 | Martindale's 29th |