• DOI:10.4172/2161-0444.1000316
• Corpus ID: 998265

Review of Cucurbita pepo (Pumpkin) its Phytochemistry andPharmacology

@article{Gutirrez2016ReviewOC,
  title={Review of Cucurbita pepo (Pumpkin) its Phytochemistry andPharmacology},
  author={Rosa Martha P{\'e}rez Guti{\'e}rrez},
  journal={Medicinal Chemistry},
  year={2016},
  volume={6},
  pages={1-10}
}

• R. Gutiérrez
• Published 15 January 2016
• Chemistry
• Medicinal Chemistry

Cucurbita pepo, is widely used like food and in folk medicine around of the world. This aims a comprehensive of the pharmacological, chemical constituents, and clinical uses. Also have been identified the medicinally important phyto-constituents belonging mainly to cucurbitosides, multiflorane-type triterpenoids, carotenoids, ent-kauranetype diterpene, and cucurbitaglycosides. Extracts and metabolites of this plant, particularly those from seeds and fruits possess useful pharmacological activities. A survey of the literature shows C. pepo, is mainly known for its improvement in prostatic hiperplasia (BPH), urinary dysfunction and cytotoxic properties, also has also been used extensively as a hypoglycaemic agent. Many pharmacological studies have demonstrated hepatoprotection, inhibit benign prostatic hiperplasia, antioxidant, anticancer, antimicrobial, antiinflamatory, antidiabetic, and antiulcer activities supporting its traditional uses.