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
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	2	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Cosmetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	3	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic	1	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)