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
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
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) *