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.
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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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	6	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229