Plant Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Pumpkin

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LAURIC-ACID	7	Flower	10.0	205.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LAURIC-ACID	7	Fruit	10.0	119.0	-0.44	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed	440.0	472.0	-0.51	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LECITHIN	20	Seed	not available	4000.0	-0.63	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	460.0	5476.0	0.08	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE	2	Seed	20790.0	35835.0	1.80	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Flower	20.0	410.0	-1.63	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	20.0	238.0	-0.35	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	33025.0	260000.0	1.31	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Flower	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUTEIN	15	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	470.0	6429.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	15580.0	21120.0	1.22	Duke, 1992 *
M-CARBOXYPHENYLALANINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Flower	240.0	4950.0	1.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	120.0	1429.0	-0.32	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	5140.0	8500.0	2.19	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	40.0	100.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL	18	Fruit	150000.0	200000.0	1.00	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	110.0	1310.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *