Plant Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Pumpkin

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-CIS-ABSCISIC-ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(+)-DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(+)-DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL	Seed	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-TRANS-2-ABSCISIC-ACID	Seed	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-TRANS-ABSCISIC-ACID	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(+)-VOMIFOLIOL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-VOMIFOLIOL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22-DIHYDRO-SPINASTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22-DIHYDROBRASSICASTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-BETA-ETHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROLATHOSTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTA-5,22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTA-7,22,25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTA-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-CHOLEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24ALPHA-ETHYLLATHOSTEROL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	6	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichthyosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimplantation	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence	2	Martindale's 29th