Plant Cucurbita maxima (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Pumpkin

How this plant is used

Food

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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 *

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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.