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.
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
PUFA	4	Fruit	890.0	14080.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.4	6.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Fruit	480.0	7595.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Fruit	440.0	6960.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	20.0	315.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	40.0	635.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.6	10.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Fruit	280.0	4430.0	0.59	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	110.0	1740.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	310.0	4905.0	1.03	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Fruit	530.0	8385.0	0.81	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Fruit	1.0	18.0	1.65	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	not available	936800.0	0.72	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	2.0	41.0	0.32	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.