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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FAT 0 Seed 300000.0 520000.0 1.34 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Flower 6300.0 130000.0 -0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Fruit 11000.0 130952.0 -0.10 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Seed 19690.0 26538.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
FIXED-OIL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLAVOXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLAVOXANTHIN 0 Juice 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.
GABA 22 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 2740.0 6055.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-29 0 Seed not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A39 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GIBBERELLIN-A39 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A48 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GIBBERELLIN-A48 0 Seed not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A49 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GIBBERELLIN-A49 0 Seed not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1840.0 35000.0 1.69 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
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.