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
LAURIC-ACID	7	Flower	10.0	205.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LAURIC-ACID	7	Fruit	10.0	119.0	-0.44	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed	440.0	472.0	-0.51	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LECITHIN	20	Seed	not available	4000.0	-0.63	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	460.0	5476.0	0.08	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE	2	Seed	20790.0	35835.0	1.80	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Flower	20.0	410.0	-1.63	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	20.0	238.0	-0.35	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	33025.0	260000.0	1.31	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	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.
LUTEIN	15	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	470.0	6429.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	15580.0	21120.0	1.22	Duke, 1992 *
M-CARBOXYPHENYLALANINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Flower	240.0	4950.0	1.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	120.0	1429.0	-0.32	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	5140.0	8500.0	2.19	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	40.0	100.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL	18	Fruit	150000.0	200000.0	1.00	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	110.0	1310.0	0.43	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 *