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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Preservative | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Prolactinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 3 | Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 2 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 1 | Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pyrogenic | 1 | Conradson, T. B. G., Dixon, C. M. S., Clarke, B., Barnes, P. J. 1987. Cardiovascular Effects of Infused Adenosine in Man: Potentiation by Dipyridamole. Acta Physiol Scand, 129(3): 387-391. |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Retinoprotectant Optometry | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Schistosomicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Secretomotor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |