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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
ALPHA-SPINASTERYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 10.0 119.0 0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Stem *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 11.0 -0.35 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-6-C-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 200.0 3445.0 -0.32 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 370.0 6429.0 0.57 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 40330.0 81280.0 2.40 *
ASCORBATE-OXIDASE 0 Fruit *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Flower 280.0 5773.0 0.94 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 90.0 1071.0 -0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Flower 4800.0 98970.0 0.69 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Fruit 7500.0 95238.0 1.00 *
ASH 0 Seed 47530.0 70000.0 0.67 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1020.0 12143.0 0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 24770.0 41080.0 1.64 *
AUROXANTHIN 0 Flower *
AVENASTEROL 0 Seed *
BETA-AMINO-ISOBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Flower Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Laxative 5 *
Leptingenic 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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipolytic 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.
Lipotropic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 *
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Memorigenic 1 *
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *