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Pumpkin Seed Oil Extracted From Cucurbita maxima Improves Urinary Disorder in Human Overactive Bladder

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2014
The pumpkin seed oil obtained from Cucurbita pepo has been shown to be useful for the treatment of nocturia in patients with urinal disorders in several western countries.
Mie Nishimura, Tatsuya Ohkawara, Hiroji Sato, Hiroshi Takeda, Jun Nishihira   +4 more
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Cucurbita pepo L.

, 2021
Published as part of Info Flora, 2021,
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Effect of Cucurbita pepo (Pumpkin) seed extracts on the cyclicity and reproductive hormones of female Wistar rats [PDF]

Journal of HerbMed Pharmacology
Introduction: Despite the traditional use of Cucurbita pepo seed in pregnancy, its effects on female reproduction remain scarce. This study evaluated the impacts of n-hexane, dichloromethane (DCM), and aqueous ethanol extracts of C.
Chinwe Fiona Anyanwu, Owunari Abraham Georgewill, Udeme Owunari Georgewill   +2 more
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the Cucurbita pepo L. (Cucurbitaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2018
Cucurbita pepo is an important economic plant cultivated widely in the world. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of C. pepo is reported here. The genome is 157,343 bp in length and exhibits a typical quadripartite structure of the large (LSC, 87 ...
Chen Zhang, Qianglong Zhu, Shi Liu, Peng Gao, Zicheng Zhu, Xuezheng Wang, Feishi Luan   +6 more
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Variability of Cucurbita spp. Fruit Nutritional Quality and Yield

Contemporary Agriculture
This study aimed to investigate the inter- and intra-species variability in squashes and pumpkins (Cucurbita moschata, Cucurbita maxima, and Cucurbita pepo), with respect to fruit flesh nutritional quality parameters (contents of dry weight, sugar ...
Brdar-Jokanović Milka, Matić Milana, Kiprovski Biljana   +2 more
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ACCUMULATION OF ELEMENTS IN SOME ORGANICALLY GROWN ALTERNATIVE HORTICULTURAL CROPS IN LITHUANIA

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum: Hortorum Cultus, 2011
Oil pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L. var. styriaca) seeds and Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) tubers are alternative horticultural products containing important biologically active components.
Honorata Danilcenko, Elvyra Jariene, Marek Gajewski, Judita Cerniauskiene, Jurgita Kulaitiene, Barbara Sawicka, Paulina Aleknaviciene   +6 more
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Archaeobotanical evidence supports indigenous cucurbit long-term use in the Mesoamerican Neotropics

Scientific Reports
The squash family (Cucurbitaceae) contains some of the most important crops cultivated worldwide and has played an important ecological, economic, and cultural role for millennia.
Alejandra I. Domic, Amber M. VanDerwarker, Heather B. Thakar, Kenneth Hirth, José M. Capriles, Thomas K. Harper, Timothy E. Scheffler, Logan Kistler, Douglas J. Kennett   +8 more
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Cucurbit plant defenses against aboveground or belowground insect herbivores are distinct and shaped by eco-evolutionary factors

Basic and Applied Ecology
Plant defense strategies against insect herbivores are classified broadly as resistance or tolerance. Resistance deters insect growth or feeding, while tolerance mitigates negative effects of herbivory on plant fitness.
Morgan N. Thompson, Emily M. Russavage, Jeremy G. Garces, B. Jack Bradford, Danielle Merrell, Charles P.-C. Suh, Anjel M. Helms   +6 more
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FLOCULACIÓN DE ROJO CONGO POR MEDIO DE EXTRACTOS DE Sechium edule Y Cucurbita pepo

Avances en Ciencias e Ingeniería, 2020
Contamination by toxic dyes such as congo red present in sewage from different industries causes severe damage to the environment. In this work an alternative for the removal of this type of dye was studied, using vegetal extracts of Sechium edule and ...
Maribel Cano, Juanita Barajas, Agustín Moreno, Joel Díaz   +3 more
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Methodologies based on seedling performance for vigor assessment of pumpkin seeds

Journal of Seed Science
Seed vigor tests provide additional information provided by the germination test, producing more consistent data in different field conditions. This study aimed to evaluate procedures and methodologies for vigor testing to indicate which tests are ...
Rita Herminia Vaz de Souza, Francisco Amaral Villela, Tiago Zanatta Aumonde   +2 more
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