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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
METHIONINE 15 Seed 5195.0 7885.0 0.92 *
MUFA 13 Flower 90.0 1855.0 0.93 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Fruit 130.0 1548.0 -0.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Seed 142580.0 153180.0 0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUTATOXANTHIN 0 Flower *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Flower 50.0 1030.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 60.0 714.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 200.0 559.0 -0.29 *
NEOXANTHIN 2 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NIACIN 39 Flower 7.0 142.0 0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Fruit 6.0 71.0 0.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Seed 14.0 22.0 -0.63 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Flower 40.0 825.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 60.0 714.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 70000.0 234570.0 0.95 *
ORNITHINE 5 Flower Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OXALIC-ACID 9 Juice 400.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OXYCEROTIC-ACID 0 Seed *
OXYCEROTINIC-ACID 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Flower 260.0 5360.0 1.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antisunburn 1 *
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 *
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 3 *
AntiTourette's 1 Martindale's 28th
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 1 *
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 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 6 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 5 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *