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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-SPINASTERYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Fruit | 10.0 | 119.0 | 0.71 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Seed | not available | 11.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-6-C-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 200.0 | 3445.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Fruit | 370.0 | 6429.0 | 0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Seed | 40330.0 | 81280.0 | 2.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBATE-OXIDASE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Flower | 280.0 | 5773.0 | 0.94 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 90.0 | 1071.0 | -0.22 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASH | 0 | Flower | 4800.0 | 98970.0 | 0.69 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 7500.0 | 95238.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 47530.0 | 70000.0 | 0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Fruit | 1020.0 | 12143.0 | 0.26 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | 24770.0 | 41080.0 | 1.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AUROXANTHIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AVENASTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMINO-ISOBUTYRIC-ACID | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Triglycerigenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Uricosuric | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vitamin-A-Activity | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |