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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
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Flower 12.0 240.0 3.09 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 9.6 114.0 0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 2.0 2.5 -0.27 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Flower *
BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-PYRAZOALANINE 0 Seed *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 120.0 -0.64 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-TOCOPHEROL 0 Seed *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 -0.78 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CALCIUM 28 Flower 390.0 8041.0 0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 210.0 2500.0 -0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CALCIUM 28 Seed 240.0 2960.0 -0.22 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Flower 32800.0 676290.0 0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 65000.0 773809.0 -0.05 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 60000.0 191341.0 -1.32 *
CHLOROPHYLL-B 0 Plant *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Immunomodulator 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 9 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insectifuge 10 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinic 1 *
Insulinogenic 4 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 3 Merck 11th Edition
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Keratolytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Larvistat 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.