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

Common Names

Pumpkin

How this plant is used

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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
ALPHA-SPINASTERYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	10.0	119.0	0.71	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	not available	11.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-6-C-GLUCOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	200.0	3445.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	370.0	6429.0	0.57	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	40330.0	81280.0	2.40	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBATE-OXIDASE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	280.0	5773.0	0.94	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	90.0	1071.0	-0.22	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH	0	Flower	4800.0	98970.0	0.69	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH	0	Fruit	7500.0	95238.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	47530.0	70000.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	1020.0	12143.0	0.26	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	24770.0	41080.0	1.64	Duke, 1992 *
AUROXANTHIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMINO-ISOBUTYRIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)

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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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	1	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *