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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Flower | 50.0 | 1030.0 | not available | 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 | not available | 30000.0 | -0.08 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| PEPONIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Fruit | 300.0 | 3810.0 | 0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 12220.0 | 22845.0 | 1.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHEOPHYTIN-A | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHOLIPIDS | 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. |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fatal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| FLavor | 6 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| FPTase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucogonogenic | 1 | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |