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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiatherosclerotic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 11 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 3 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 2 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticarcinomic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |