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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
LAURIC-ACID 7 Flower 10.0 205.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LAURIC-ACID 7 Fruit 10.0 119.0 -0.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed 440.0 472.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LECITHIN 20 Seed 4000.0 -0.63 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 460.0 5476.0 0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE 2 Seed 20790.0 35835.0 1.80 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Flower 20.0 410.0 -1.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 20.0 238.0 -0.35 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 33025.0 260000.0 1.31 *
LUPEOL 21 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUTEIN 15 Flower *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 470.0 6429.0 0.60 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 15580.0 21120.0 1.22 *
M-CARBOXYPHENYLALANINE 0 Seed *
MAGNESIUM 65 Flower 240.0 4950.0 1.55 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 120.0 1429.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 5140.0 8500.0 2.19 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 40.0 100.0 0.58 *
MANNITOL 18 Fruit 150000.0 200000.0 1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 110.0 1310.0 0.43 *
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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 *