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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Benincasa hispida (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Waxgourd
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 60.0 28450.0 0.93 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 4000.0 125000.0 0.21 *
PUFA 4 Fruit 870.0 22305.0 0.76 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.1 28.0 4.92 *
SFA 0 Fruit 160.0 4100.0 -0.29 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 50.0 1500.0 -0.04 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 50.0 1280.0 -0.19 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.0 10.0 0.60 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 20.0 515.0 -0.47 *
WATER 0 Fruit 958000.0 962000.0 0.83 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor 2 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antiulcer 3 *
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 1 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 4 *
Apoptotic 1 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 2 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *