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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cucurbita foetidissima (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Buffalo Gourd

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 52800.0 73530.0 1.34 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 14735.0 27700.0 2.42 *
HEMICELLULOSE 0 Fruit 238000.0 1.00 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
HEMICELLULOSE 0 Root 190000.0 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 5835.0 19000.0 3.42 *
ISOCUCURBITACIN-B 1 Root *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 9825.0 44000.0 4.28 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 14120.0 67000.0 4.78 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 92340.0 221365.0 0.98 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 3645.0 5085.0 -0.49 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 10130.0 33000.0 2.83 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 2610.0 19000.0 3.79 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 486.0 680.0 -0.29 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 56135.0 169500.0 0.41 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 14823.0 48140.0 0.29 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 11050.0 46000.0 4.12 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 2600.0 -0.44 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 220.0 -0.58 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
PHYTATE 0 Seed 19000.0 0.83 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 25300.0 -0.22 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antioxidant 8 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant? 2 *
Antiparkinsonian 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipellagric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS 1 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 *
Antiprostatitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antirheumatic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiscoliotic 1 *
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispasmodic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistress 1 *
Antistroke 1 *
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.