Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant 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
ALANINE 3 Fruit 620.0 9810.0 2.40 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 500.0 7910.0 0.96 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 148.0 2340.0 -0.14 *
ASH 0 Fruit 5550.0 96045.0 1.02 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1440.0 22785.0 1.66 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.1 1.9 -0.15 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 200.0 3165.0 -0.16 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 43500.0 688300.0 -0.51 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.7 12.0 -0.06 *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 120.0 1900.0 0.91 *
FAT 0 Fruit 2100.0 33230.0 -0.39 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 6000.0 94935.0 -0.44 *
FOLACIN 15 Fruit 0.2 4.6 1.04 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1260.0 19935.0 0.52 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 440.0 6962.0 1.30 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 250.0 3955.0 1.57 *
IRON 6 Fruit 4.0 73.0 -0.24 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 420.0 6645.0 0.90 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 200.0 3165.0 -0.75 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Fruit 10.0 160.0 -0.44 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifibrinolytic 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 (View) *
Antifibrotic 2 (View) *
Antifuruncular 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 (View) *
Antigastritic 4 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 (View) *
Antigingivitic 2 (View) *
Antiglaucomic 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigranular 1 (View) *
Antihangover 4 (View) *
Antiheartburn 1 (View) *
Antihemorrhagic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 3 (View) *
Antiherpetic? 1 (View) *
Antihistaminic 3 (View) *