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Citrullus lanatus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 16 constituent measurements for Citrullus lanatus. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

16Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited sources

5Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 5 licensed products naming Citrullus lanatus as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Source material stated

Fruit
Watermelon Peel and Natural Sodium Sulfate

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Hydrocyanic acid	Seed	Drying (dehydration)	15 Milligram/100 gram	—	Resolve DOI
Oxalates	Seed	Drying (dehydration)	12 Percent	—	Resolve DOI
Phytic acid	Seed	Drying (dehydration)	5 Milligram/gram	—	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Seed	Drying (dehydration)	4 Percent	—	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Fruit unspecified	Drying (dehydration)	≥ 0.35 Milligram/100 gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Fruit unspecified	Drying (dehydration)	≤ 1.42 Milligram/100 gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Cucurbitacine e	Unspecified	—	≤ 0.1 Percent	—	No resolvable identifier
Cucurbitacine e	Unspecified	—	≥ 0.03 Percent	—	No resolvable identifier
Hydrogen cyanide (cyanides expressed as hydrogen cyanide)	Fruit unspecified	Fresh	≤ 1.5 Milligram/100 gram	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Hydrogen cyanide (cyanides expressed as hydrogen cyanide)	Fruit unspecified	Fresh	≥ 0.5 Milligram/100 gram	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Fruit unspecified	Fresh	≤ 0.11 Milligram/100 gram	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Fruit unspecified	Fresh	≥ 0.07 Milligram/100 gram	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Phytic acid	Fruit unspecified	Drying (dehydration)	≤ 0.63 Milligram/100 gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Phytic acid	Fruit unspecified	Drying (dehydration)	≥ 0.1 Milligram/100 gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Fruit unspecified	Drying (dehydration)	≥ 1 Milligram/100 gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Fruit unspecified	Drying (dehydration)	≤ 1.2 Milligram/100 gram	—	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Johnson, J. T., Iwang, E. U., Hemen, J. T., Odey, M. O., Efiong, E. E., Eteng, O. E. Evaluation of anti-nutrient contents of watermelon Citrullus lanatus. Annals of biological research, 2012, p. 5145-5150.
Badifu, GIO. Effect of processing on proximate composition, antinutritional and toxic contents of kernels from Cucurbitaceae species grown in Nigeria . Journal of food composition and analysis, 2001, vol. 14, no. 2, p. 153-161. DOI
Schroder, RFW., Martin, PAW., Athanas, MM. Effect of a phloxine B-cucurbitacin bait on diabroticite beetles (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae) . Journal of economic entomology, 2001, vol. 94, no. 4, p. 892-897.

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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