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| Botanical Name: | Cucurbita pepo L. |
| Common Names: | Pumpkin; Pumpkin seed; Pepita |
| Key Name: | Pumpkin seed |
| Parts Used: | Seed; seed oil |
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| Constituents: | Phytosterols including beta-sitosterol (delta-7 sterols); zinc; magnesium; tocopherols; unsaturated fatty acids. |
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| Culinary Uses: | Food: a handful of raw or lightly toasted seeds, or cold-pressed seed oil on salads. A good food source of zinc and magnesium. |
| History: | European folk medicine, notably Austria and Hungary (Styrian pumpkin seed): seeds eaten for Bladder and prostate comfort. seeds also eaten across the Americas, where the plant was domesticated. |
| Reference: | Research: Vahlensieck W, et al. Effects of pumpkin seed in men with lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia in the one-year, randomized, placebo-controlled GRANU study. Urol Int. 2015;94(3):286-295. PMID 25196580 (1431 men: whole pumpkin seed showed more responders than placebo, 58.5% vs 47.3%; the capsule extract did not). Constituent beta-sitosterol: Wilt T, Ishani A, MacDonald R, Stark G, Mulrow C, Lau J. Beta-sitosterols for benign prostatic hyperplasia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000;(2):CD001043. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001043 |
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