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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 43150.0 101820.0 2.54 *
GLUTATHIONE 7 Root *
GLUTINOL 0 Flower Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 270.0 8000.0 1.70 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 17960.0 39220.0 4.09 *
GLYOXALIC-ACID 0 Juice 200.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GUANOSINE 0 Sprout Seedling List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 140.0 1905.0 0.13 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 6810.0 9615.0 0.93 *
HYDROXYBRENZTRAUBEN-ACID 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IRON 6 Flower 7.0 144.0 -0.16 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON 6 Seed 86.0 200.0 0.23 *
ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 Seed *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 310.0 3690.0 0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 12640.0 19825.0 1.19 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE-4'-O-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Flower Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
KILOCALORIES 0 Flower 150.0 3092.0 -0.61 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 220.0 3095.0 -0.86 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 2730.0 5980.0 0.88 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Inhibitor 2 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
Collagenic 2 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 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
Copper-Chelator 2 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 6 Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *