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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CUCURBITIN 3 Seed 16600.0 66300.0 *
CUCURBITOL 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CUCUROIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 30.0 700.0 -0.35 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 3010.0 3234.0 0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELTA-5-STEROLS 0 Seed Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
DELTA-7,22,25(27)-STIGMASTATRIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
DELTA-7,22,25(27)-STIGMASTATRIEN-3-BETA-OL-GLYCOSIDE 0 Seed *
DELTA-7,25(27)-STIGMASTADIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
DELTA-7,25(27)-STIGMASTADIEN-3-BETA-OL-GYLCOSIDE 0 Seed *
DELTA-7-ERGOSTENOL 0 Seed *
DELTA-8-STEROLS 0 Seed Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
DELTA-HYDROXYLYSINE 0 Flower Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DL-CITRULLIN 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EDESTINE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EICOSADIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed 500.0 3095.0 -1.00 *
ETHYL-ASPARAGINE 0 Seed *
FAT 0 Flower 700.0 14430.0 -0.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 11905.0 -0.55 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiatherosclerotic 9 *
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 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticancer 6 *
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 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 *
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 *
Anticariogenic 1 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.