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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUCURBITIN | 3 | Seed | 16600.0 | 66300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUCURBITOL | 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. |
| CUCUROIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Fruit | 30.0 | 700.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Seed | 3010.0 | 3234.0 | 0.06 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID | 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. |
| DELTA-5-STEROLS | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| DELTA-7,22,25(27)-STIGMASTATRIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-7,22,25(27)-STIGMASTATRIEN-3-BETA-OL-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-7,25(27)-STIGMASTADIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-7,25(27)-STIGMASTADIEN-3-BETA-OL-GYLCOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-7-ERGOSTENOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-8-STEROLS | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| DELTA-HYDROXYLYSINE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| DL-CITRULLIN | 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. |
| EDESTINE | 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. |
| EICOSADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 500.0 | 3095.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-ASPARAGINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Flower | 700.0 | 14430.0 | -0.68 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 1000.0 | 11905.0 | -0.55 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiallergic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 7 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 4 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antianginal | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 5 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiataxic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |