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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
(+)-CIS-ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(+)-DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(+)-DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL 0 Seed 0.5 *
(+)-TRANS-2-ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Seed 0.1 *
(+)-TRANS-ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(+)-VOMIFOLIOL 0 Plant *
(+)-VOMIFOLIOL 0 Seed *
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit *
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed *
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL 0 Leaf *
22-DIHYDRO-SPINASTEROL 0 Seed *
22-DIHYDROBRASSICASTEROL 0 Seed *
24-BETA-ETHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROLATHOSTEROL 0 Seed *
24-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTA-5,22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
24-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTA-7,22,25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
24-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTA-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
24-METHYL-CHOLEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL 0 Seed *
24ALPHA-ETHYLLATHOSTEROL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antilithic 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 2 *
Antimaculitic 6 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial 2 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimanic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 1 *
Antimelanomic 2 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 5 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimigraine 6 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *