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
THREONINE	4	Seed	6205.0	9701.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Seed	not available	23.0	2.79	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TRIGONELLINE	15	Sprout Seedling	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.
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	120.0	1800.0	1.33	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	4310.0	4630.0	0.45	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	130.0	5000.0	1.07	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Seed	9275.0	12235.0	1.04	Duke, 1992 *
UREASE	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.
VALINE	3	Fruit	350.0	4165.0	-0.06	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE	3	Seed	19720.0	22725.0	1.32	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Flower	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.
VOMIFOLIOL	0	Seed	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	not available	916000.0	0.63	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER	0	Seed	65200.0	73110.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL	3	Flower	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.
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	75.0	200.0	4.40	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 *