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Cucumis melo

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 3 constituent measurements for Cucumis melo. 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: Cucumis melo L.

3Constituent measurements

0Safety records

2Cited sources

45Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 45 licensed products naming Cucumis melo 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.

Extract types on licence

Source material stated

Cucumis melo, fruit
Dried fruit pulp
Fruit
Fruit flesh
Fruit juice concentrate
Pulp

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
Cucurbitacins	Fruit peel	Solvent extraction	—	—	Resolve DOI
Coumarins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	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.

Madari, H., Jacobs, R.S. An analysis of cytotoxic botanical formulations used in the traditional medicine of ancient Persia as abortifacients. Journal of natural products, 2004, vol. 67, no. 8, p. 1204-1210. DOI
Muller, N. G., Fasolo, D., Pinto, F. P., Berte, R., Muller, F. C. Phytochemical potentialities of melon (Cucumis melo L.) in the northwest region of Rio Grande do Sul-Brazil. Revista brasileira de plantas medicinais, 2013, p. 194-198.

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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