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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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 370.0 4405.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 44800.0 64530.0 0.63 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Flower 50.0 1030.0 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 60.0 714.0 -0.21 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 990.0 1064.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 Seed 30000.0 -0.08 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
PEPONIN 0 Seed *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 300.0 3810.0 0.17 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 12220.0 22845.0 1.35 *
PHEOPHYTIN-A 3 Plant *
PHOSPHOLIPIDS 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Flower 490.0 10100.0 2.69 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 440.0 5238.0 0.61 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 10600.0 12982.0 2.02 *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Seed 15000.0 22000.0 0.33 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 120.0 1428.0 0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PLASTOCYANIN 0 Plant *
POTASSIUM 14 Flower 1730.0 35670.0 1.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 3400.0 40476.0 2.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 5540.0 25000.0 1.09 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 6 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 2 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 3 *
Detoxicant 1 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Diuretic 12 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 *
Emetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 *
Epidermal-Stimulant 1 *
Ergogenic 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.