Plant Cucurbita pepo (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
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	370.0	4405.0	-0.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	44800.0	64530.0	0.63	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Flower	50.0	1030.0	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	60.0	714.0	-0.21	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	990.0	1064.0	-0.27	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN	24	Seed	not available	30000.0	-0.08	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
PEPONIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	300.0	3810.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	12220.0	22845.0	1.35	Duke, 1992 *
PHEOPHYTIN-A	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOLIPIDS	0	Seed	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.
PHOSPHORUS	4	Flower	490.0	10100.0	2.69	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	440.0	5238.0	0.61	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	10600.0	12982.0	2.02	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Seed	15000.0	22000.0	0.33	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	120.0	1428.0	0.62	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PLASTOCYANIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Flower	1730.0	35670.0	1.68	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	3400.0	40476.0	2.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	5540.0	25000.0	1.09	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
Antiinfarctal	1	Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	20	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac	6	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antilethargic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *