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
FIBER	15	Seed	167500.0	243700.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Seed	not available	3.8	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN	0	Stem	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYCAERULIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYFULVIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYPOL	54	Oil	500.0	7000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYPOL	54	Seed	50.0	2500.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYPURPURIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	10200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HERBACITRIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXATRIACONTANE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HIRSUTRIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL	8	Seed	not available	3400.0	1.66	Duke, 1992 *
IRON-OXIDES	0	Seed	200.0	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOASTRAGALIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-LIMONENE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	72480.0	104328.0	-0.02	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
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic	5	Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiencephalitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendotoxic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiepileptic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antierythemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	9	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Antifertility	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antigastric	2	Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastrisecretogogic	1	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.