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Common Names
Pumpkin
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Fruit | 370.0 | 4405.0 | -0.30 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 44800.0 | 64530.0 | 0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Flower | 50.0 | 1030.0 | not available | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Fruit | 60.0 | 714.0 | -0.21 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | 990.0 | 1064.0 | -0.27 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PECTIN | 24 | Seed | not available | 30000.0 | -0.08 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| PEPONIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Fruit | 300.0 | 3810.0 | 0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 12220.0 | 22845.0 | 1.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHEOPHYTIN-A | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHOLIPIDS | 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. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Flower | 490.0 | 10100.0 | 2.69 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 440.0 | 5238.0 | 0.61 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 10600.0 | 12982.0 | 2.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | 15000.0 | 22000.0 | 0.33 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Fruit | 120.0 | 1428.0 | 0.62 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PLASTOCYANIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Flower | 1730.0 | 35670.0 | 1.68 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 3400.0 | 40476.0 | 2.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 5540.0 | 25000.0 | 1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antisunburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antitachycardic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antithiamin | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiTourette's | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antitriglyceride | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitrypanosomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 15 | Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990. |
| Antitumor (Bladder) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (brain) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |