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

Common Names

Summer Squash

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
ALANINE	3	Fruit	620.0	9810.0	2.40	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	500.0	7910.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	148.0	2340.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	5550.0	96045.0	1.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	1440.0	22785.0	1.66	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.1	1.9	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	200.0	3165.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	43500.0	688300.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	0.7	12.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Fruit	120.0	1900.0	0.91	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	2100.0	33230.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	6000.0	94935.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Fruit	0.2	4.6	1.04	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Fruit	1260.0	19935.0	0.52	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Fruit	440.0	6962.0	1.30	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Fruit	250.0	3955.0	1.57	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	4.0	73.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Fruit	420.0	6645.0	0.90	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	200.0	3165.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Fruit	10.0	160.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	5	Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatitic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling	2	Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.