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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
CHONDRILLASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed not available 17.0 1.79 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CLEROSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed not available 143.0 6.00 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CODECARBOXYLASE 0 Plant 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.
CODISTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 14.0 25.0 0.92 Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 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.
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBIC-ACID 2 Seed not available 1.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-METHYL-ESTER 0 Seed not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBIC-ACID-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CUCURBIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CUCURBIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITA-RIBOSOMAL-INACTIVATING-PROTEIN(MW-30000) 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-D 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-I 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITAXANTHIN 0 Fruit 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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
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.