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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
FAT	0	Seed	300000.0	520000.0	1.34	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Flower	6300.0	130000.0	-0.02	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER	15	Fruit	11000.0	130952.0	-0.10	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER	15	Seed	19690.0	26538.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
FIXED-OIL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVOXANTHIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVOXANTHIN	0	Juice	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.
GABA	22	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	2740.0	6055.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID	22	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL	14	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-29	0	Seed	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A39	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GIBBERELLIN-A39	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A48	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GIBBERELLIN-A48	0	Seed	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A49	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GIBBERELLIN-A49	0	Seed	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Fruit	1840.0	35000.0	1.69	Duke, 1992 *

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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