Plant Gossypium sp (Malvaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCIMERITRIN	6	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	not available	2.3	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SEROTONIN	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON-OXIDE	0	Seed	1200.0	3900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM-OXIDE	0	Seed	500.0	1400.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	1760.0	5589.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Seed	not available	72900.0	0.45	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR-OXIDE	0	Seed	1700.0	2800.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Stem	not available	17700.0	-1.36	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	not available	3.2	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROLS	0	Oil	not available	900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTANOL	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	67700.0	87700.0	-0.54	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