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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Cucurbita spp (Cucurbitaceae)

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
PUFA 4 Fruit 890.0 14080.0 0.17 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.4 6.0 0.21 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 480.0 7595.0 1.40 *
SFA 0 Fruit 440.0 6960.0 -0.23 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 20.0 315.0 -0.15 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 40.0 635.0 -0.24 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.6 10.0 0.60 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 280.0 4430.0 0.59 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 110.0 1740.0 1.25 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 310.0 4905.0 1.03 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 530.0 8385.0 0.81 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 1.0 18.0 1.65 *
WATER 0 Fruit 936800.0 0.72 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 2.0 41.0 0.32 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiulcer 9 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 2 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 5 Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac 1 *
Apoptotic 1 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 2 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 16 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 *
Carcinogenic 2 Science News, 146: 421.