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
AntiCorpus-Luteum	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCVI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	1	A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatitic	7	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidermatitic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidiarrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Hydrazine)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *