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Plant Lagenaria siceraria (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Calabash Gourd; White-Flowered Gourd
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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 10.0 225.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit 8400.0 210000.0 1.86 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 150.0 3365.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 130.0 2915.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS-OXIDE 0 Seed not available 24600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Leaf not available 1300.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 860.0 33635.0 1.39 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 2000.0 139000.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 307200.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.2 4.9 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 20.0 450.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.3 6.5 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 180.0 4035.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 30.0 675.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ANHYDRIDE 0 Fruit 4900.0 122800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 270.0 6055.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 0.4 9.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 955400.0 963000.0 0.84 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 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
Allergenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 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
Antiaggregant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Duke, 1992 *