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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae)

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
THREONINE 4 Seed 6205.0 9701.0 0.35 *
TIN 4 Seed 23.0 2.79 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TRIGONELLINE 15 Sprout Seedling List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 120.0 1800.0 1.33 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 4310.0 4630.0 0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 130.0 5000.0 1.07 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 9275.0 12235.0 1.04 *
UREASE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
VALINE 3 Fruit 350.0 4165.0 -0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Seed 19720.0 22725.0 1.32 *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
VOMIFOLIOL 0 Seed 0.2 *
WATER 0 Fruit 916000.0 0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Seed 65200.0 73110.0 -0.59 *
XANTHOPHYLL 3 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Flower *
ZINC 77 Seed 75.0 200.0 4.40 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 10 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Aphrodisiac 1 *
Apoptotic 5 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 2 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 1 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchifuge 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 3 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *