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Plant Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae)

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
FAT 0 Seed 300000.0 520000.0 1.34 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Flower 6300.0 130000.0 -0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Fruit 11000.0 130952.0 -0.10 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Seed 19690.0 26538.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
FIXED-OIL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLAVOXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLAVOXANTHIN 0 Juice not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GABA 22 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 2740.0 6055.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-29 0 Seed not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A39 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GIBBERELLIN-A39 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A48 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GIBBERELLIN-A48 0 Seed not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A49 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GIBBERELLIN-A49 0 Seed not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1840.0 35000.0 1.69 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
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 *