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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antienteritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 6 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82. |
| Antigibberellin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |