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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SFA 0 Fruit 520.0 6190.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Seed 86740.0 93180.0 0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICON 4 Seed not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SODIUM 1 Flower 50.0 1030.0 -0.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM 1 Fruit 10.0 119.0 -0.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM 1 Seed 180.0 193.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
SPINASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Flower 20.0 410.0 0.89 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 30.0 357.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 22670.0 30710.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
STEROIDS 0 Seed not available 10000.0 1.00 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
STIGMAST-7-ENOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMAST-7-ENYL-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Seed not available 14000.0 -0.50 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
THIAMIN 31 Flower 0.4 8.6 0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.5 5.9 0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN 31 Seed 1.9 3.7 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 250.0 3452.0 0.18 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
Antiobesity 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antioncychomycotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antionychyotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxalate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 30 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant Synergist 1 Martindale's 29th
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodic 1 Duke, 1992 *