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Plant Cucurbita maxima (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Pumpkin
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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.
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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.