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Common Names
Cotton
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGNESIUM-OXIDE | 0 | Seed | 4400.0 | 5600.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE-OXIDE | 0 | Seed | 300.0 | 400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 2240.0 | 6830.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | not available | 16.0 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICOTIFLORIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCIMENE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTACOSANOL | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 36640.0 | 61270.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | 31840.0 | 48438.0 | 2.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Seed | not available | 11.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTINS | 0 | Seed | not available | 4100.0 | -1.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS-OXIDES | 0 | Seed | 10300.0 | 13300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLOQUINONE | 5 | Seed Oil | not available | 0.6 | -0.28 | Booth, S. L., Suttie, J. W. 1998. Dietary intake and adequacy of vitamin K. J. Nutrition, 128(5): 785-788. |
| POTASSIUM-OXIDE | 0 | Seed | 9400.0 | 10700.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 144400.0 | 197800.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PYRIDOXINE | 43 | Seed | not available | 0.9 | -1.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihomocysteine | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocystinuric | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperkinetic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperlipidemic | 1 | Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 4 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antihyperventilation | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiichthyosic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiielus? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiimplantation | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinfertility | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 13 | 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. |
| Antiinflammatory? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinsomniac? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinsomnic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antikeratitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |