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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Lagenaria siceraria (Cucurbitaceae)

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Common name(s)
Calabash Gourd, White-Flowered Gourd
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 22-DEOXOCUCURBITACIN-D Plant -- -- -- *
14 ARGININE Fruit 140.0 3140.0 -0.31 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 101.0 2265.0 -0.14 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Leaf 50.0 330.0 -0.41 *
0 ASH Fruit 4300.0 96400.0 1.03 *
0 ASH Seed -- 44300.0 -0.11 *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 BETA-GLYCOSIDASE Fruit -- -- -- *
28 CALCIUM Fruit 200.0 5830.0 0.46 *
0 CALCIUM-OXIDE Seed -- 1100.0 -0.94 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Fruit 29000.0 760000.0 -0.12 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Seed -- 83000.0 -1.75 *
20 CHOLINE Fruit 640.0 16020.0 2.73 *
8 CUCURBITACIN-B Fruit -- -- -- *
4 CUCURBITACIN-D Fruit -- -- -- *
0 CUCURBITACIN-G Fruit -- -- -- *
0 CUCURBITACIN-H Fruit -- -- -- *
0 CUCURBITACINS Fruit 0.0 130.0 -- *
0 FAT Fruit 200.0 4485.0 -0.61 *
0 FAT Seed 450000.0 525400.0 1.37 *
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*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.