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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFA | 0 | Fruit | 520.0 | 6190.0 | -0.24 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SFA | 0 | Seed | 86740.0 | 93180.0 | 0.34 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SILICON | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Flower | 50.0 | 1030.0 | -0.01 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 10.0 | 119.0 | -0.17 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 180.0 | 193.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPINASTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SQUALENE | 10 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Flower | 20.0 | 410.0 | 0.89 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Fruit | 30.0 | 357.0 | -0.26 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 22670.0 | 30710.0 | 0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEROIDS | 0 | Seed | not available | 10000.0 | 1.00 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| STIGMAST-7-ENOL | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| STIGMAST-7-ENYL-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Seed | not available | 14000.0 | -0.50 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Flower | 0.4 | 8.6 | 0.96 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 0.5 | 5.9 | 0.07 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 1.9 | 3.7 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Fruit | 250.0 | 3452.0 | 0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Monoamine-Precursor | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Mutagenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myocardiotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Natriuretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 3 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| NEP-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neuroinhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Neurotransmitter | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |