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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
22-DEOXOCUCURBITACIN-D 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 140.0 3140.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 101.0 2265.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 50.0 330.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 4300.0 96400.0 1.03 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed not available 44300.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GLYCOSIDASE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 200.0 5830.0 0.46 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXIDE 0 Seed not available 1100.0 -0.94 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 29000.0 760000.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed not available 83000.0 -1.75 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Fruit 640.0 16020.0 2.73 Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-B 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-D 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-G 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-H 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACINS 0 Fruit 0.0 130.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 200.0 4485.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 450000.0 525400.0 1.37 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
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *