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Plant Cucurbita maxima (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Pumpkin
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 1100.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 18200.0 129100.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 364.0 2580.0 -1.08 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 4.2 30.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 17500.0 124000.0 1.35 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 366000.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIPIDS 0 Plant 4270.0 35055.0 -0.91 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 20.4 145.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 151750.0 0.38 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 388.0 2752.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available 128065.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available 44360.0 0.22 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOLIPIDS 0 Plant 5338.0 37860.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 45800.0 324800.0 1.13 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed not available 21450.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 859000.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 7.6 54.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.