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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cucurbita pepo (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
METHIONINE 15 Seed 5195.0 7885.0 0.92 *
MUFA 13 Flower 90.0 1855.0 0.93 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Fruit 130.0 1548.0 -0.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Seed 142580.0 153180.0 0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUTATOXANTHIN 0 Flower *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Flower 50.0 1030.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 60.0 714.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 200.0 559.0 -0.29 *
NEOXANTHIN 2 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NIACIN 39 Flower 7.0 142.0 0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Fruit 6.0 71.0 0.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Seed 14.0 22.0 -0.63 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Flower 40.0 825.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 60.0 714.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 70000.0 234570.0 0.95 *
ORNITHINE 5 Flower Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OXALIC-ACID 9 Juice 400.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OXYCEROTIC-ACID 0 Seed *
OXYCEROTINIC-ACID 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Flower 260.0 5360.0 1.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Acaricide 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 *
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 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 *
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 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic 2 *
Analgesic 11 *
Androgenic 2 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 *