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
AntiMSG-Sensitivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimutagenic	8	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyelotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antimyoatrophic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarditic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinephritic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineuralgic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antineuropathic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineuropathic?	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinitrosaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	6	Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioncychomycotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antionychyotic	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antioxaluric	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antioxidant	19	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.