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Plant Cucurbita foetidissima (Cucurbitaceae)

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Buffalo Gourd
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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
3 ALANINE Seed 10130.0 17100.0 1.48 *
0 AMYLOSE Root -- 260000.0 1.00 *
14 ARGININE Seed 39900.0 143000.0 5.01 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
0 ASH Fruit -- 95000.0 0.99 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
0 ASH Leaf -- 215000.0 1.69 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 ASH Seed 31000.0 48000.0 0.00 *
0 ASH Root -- 49000.0 -0.53 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
3 ASPARTIC-ACID Seed 29165.0 37280.0 1.30 *
28 CALCIUM Leaf -- 77600.0 4.04 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 CARBOHYDRATES Leaf -- 492000.0 -0.95 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
8 CUCURBITACIN-B Root -- -- -- *
4 CUCURBITACIN-D Root -- -- -- *
6 CUCURBITACIN-E Root -- -- -- *
13 CYSTEINE Seed 2150.0 3080.0 -0.40 *
0 FAT Leaf -- 40000.0 -0.33 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 FAT Seed 243000.0 428000.0 0.86 *
15 FIBER Leaf -- 102000.0 -0.74 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
15 FIBER Seed 151000.0 265000.0 1.03 *
0 FOETIDISSIMOSIDE-A Root -- -- -- *
7 GLUCOSE Seed -- 6000.0 -0.43 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.