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

Common Names
Pumpkin
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
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 1100.0 -0.55 *
ASH 0 Leaf 18200.0 129100.0 0.18 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 364.0 2580.0 -1.08 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 4.2 30.0 0.06 *
FAT 0 Leaf 17500.0 124000.0 1.35 *
FAT 0 Seed 366000.0 0.53 *
GLYCOLIPIDS 0 Plant 4270.0 35055.0 -0.91 *
IRON 6 Leaf 20.4 145.0 -0.55 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 151750.0 0.38 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 388.0 2752.0 -0.53 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 128065.0 0.07 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 44360.0 0.22 *
PHOSPHOLIPIDS 0 Plant 5338.0 37860.0 0.07 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 45800.0 324800.0 1.13 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 21450.0 -0.10 *
WATER 0 Leaf 859000.0 0.26 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 7.6 54.0 -0.20 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypocholesterolemic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypotensive 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Immunomodulator 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Insectifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinogenic 2 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
Irritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Laxative 2 *
Leptingenic 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
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry