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Plant Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Pumpkin
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
25(27)-DEHYDRO-CHONDRILLASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25(27)-DEHYDRO-FUNGISTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25(27)-DEHYDRO-PORIFERASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-ALPHA-STIGMASTA-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
7BETA,12ALPHA-DIHYDROXYKAURENOLIDE 1 Seed not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
9,10-DIHYDROXY-OCTADEC-12-ENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 0.0 -1.15 Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE 11 Flower not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ADENOSINE 28 Flower not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALANINE 3 Fruit 280.0 3333.0 -0.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALANINE 3 Seed 11580.0 24420.0 3.03 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-KETO-BETA-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Juice not available 100.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-KETO-BETA-METHYL-VALERAINIC-ACID 0 Juice not available 180.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Flower 20.0 410.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 30.0 357.0 -0.99 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 1810.0 2750.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Flower not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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Vulnerary 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.