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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
PROLINE 0 Fruit 260.0 17100.0 3.59 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 10000.0 10743.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 10000.0 140000.0 0.41 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 86000.0 510000.0 2.46 *
PROTEINASE-INHIBITOR 0 Seed *
PUFA 4 Flower 40.0 825.0 -1.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Fruit 50.0 595.0 -0.80 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Seed 209040.0 224581.0 0.90 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RHAMNAZIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Flower 0.7 15.0 2.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.1 13.1 1.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 2.7 4.9 0.53 *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 1.0 12.0 -0.30 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SCHOTTENOL 0 Seed *
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.1 0.4 -0.26 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 440.0 6100.0 0.87 *
SERINE 1 Seed 11480.0 19825.0 1.77 *
SFA 0 Flower 360.0 7425.0 1.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatoprotective 10 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 1 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 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.
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperuricemic 1 Martindale's 28th
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 2 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic 21 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 12 *
Hypolipidemic 4 *
Hypotensive 14 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 *