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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antigastritic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antigiardial	1	Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Antigingivitic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiglaucomic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antihemorrhoidal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antihepatotoxic	5	Merck 11th Edition
Antiherpetic	8	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiHIV	3	Duke, 1992 *