Gossypium Cotton, Gossypol

Gossypol occurs in certain species of Gossypium (cotton), mostly in the seeds and root bark. Clinical studies have confirmed its efficacy as a male contraceptive agent (1). 

For example, gossypol, a terpenoid substance, is an allomone that limits herbivory by several lepidopteran species on cotton (Gossypium spp., MalvaceaeK whereas it is a kairomone for the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis and acts as a feeding stimulant for this insect (3,21,22) ... 

Gossypium herbaceum L. Mian Zi Soo or Mian Hua Gen (Cotton) (root) Gossypol, hemigossypol, 6,6 -dimethoxylgossypol, aflatoxin (in seed), methoxylhemigosipol, acetovanillone, hirsutrin (in leaf).33 Antitussive, treat bronchitis. 

A yellow pigment found in the seed of cotton plant Gossypium arboreum L. (Malvaceae), from the woody stems and stem barks of Puerto Rico s Montezuma speciosissima Sesse and Moc. (Malvaceae) and from the bark and the flowers of Thespesiapopulnea (Malvaceae) found in Africa, Asia and Pacific Islands [302-304, 323], gossypol (57), m.p. 166-167 °C, is a symmetrically substituted hexahydroxy-2,2 -binaphthalenedialdehyde derivative [303-308]. 

Gossypol Gossypium spp. (cotton), Montezuma Ca-+-ATPase (CAMA, PK)... 

Gossypol from the cotton plant Gossypium herbaceum (Malvaceae) is a sesquiterpene dimer, in which the isoprene units are arranged into two bonded aromatic structures. 

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is mainly grown for its fiber, and its seeds are collected as byproducts. Cottonseed oil content is low (20%), but due to large amounts of cotton production, cottonseed oil accounts for 5% of the total oil production in the world. Its oil is rich in ALA (56%) and palmitic and oleic acids (23% and 17%, respectively). Crude cottonseed contains gossypol, a phenolic compound, and cyclopropene acids, which render seed products not usable for food/feed without refining and hydrogenation, making them more desirable for... 

Gossypol is a dimeric sesquiterpene found in the immature flower buds and seed kernels of the cotton plant (Gossypium sp., Malvaceae). The compound has gained much attention as a potential male antifertility agent. In the plant it is present as a... 

---