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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
CHONDRILLASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed not available 17.0 1.79 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CLEROSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed not available 143.0 6.00 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CODECARBOXYLASE 0 Plant 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.
CODISTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 14.0 25.0 0.92 Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 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.
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBIC-ACID 2 Seed not available 1.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-METHYL-ESTER 0 Seed not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBIC-ACID-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CUCURBIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CUCURBIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITA-RIBOSOMAL-INACTIVATING-PROTEIN(MW-30000) 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-D 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-I 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITAXANTHIN 0 Fruit 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.
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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 *