Publications
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| content and in-vitro accessibility of pro-vitamin a carotenoids from sri lankan cooked non-leafy vegetables and their estimated contribution to vitamin a requirement. | vitamin a deficiency is a public health problem in sri lanka, which affects especially pre-school children. carrots (daucus carota), pumpkins (cucurbita maxima), squashes (cucurbita moschata) and sweet potatoes (ipomoea batatas) of orange, yellow-fleshed varieties are good sources of provitamin a carotenoids, but have not been studied in sri lanka in terms of the food as eaten. the content of carotenoids in each preparation method and the in-vitro accessibility of beta-carotene and alpha-caroten ... | 2007 | 17852483 |
| chemical feeding deterrent mobilized in response to insect herbivory and counteradaptation by epilachna tredecimnotata. | experimentally damaged leaves of cucurbita moschata mobilize substances to the damaged region within 40 minutes. these substances stimulate feeding by acalymma vittata (coleoptera: chrysomelidae) and inhibit feeding by epilacha tredecimnotata (coleoptera: coccinelidae). under natural conditions, epilachna cuts a circular trench in the leaf before feeding on the encircled leaf material, thus preventing mobilization of the deterrent substances to the feeding area. | 1980 | 17747815 |
| preceramic adoption of peanut, squash, and cotton in northern peru. | the early development of agriculture in the new world has been assumed to involve early farming in settlements in the andes, but the record has been sparse. peanut (arachis sp.), squash (cucurbita moschata), and cotton (gossypium barbadense) macrofossils were excavated from archaeological sites on the western slopes of the northern peruvian andes. direct radiocarbon dating indicated that these plants grew between 9240 and 5500 (14)c years before the present. these and other plants were recovered ... | 2007 | 17600214 |
| [comparative analysis of rdna distribution in metaphase chromosomes of cucurbitaceae species]. | fluorescence in situ hybridization (fish) and double fish experiments were carried out to ascertain the chromosomal distribution patterns of the 45s and 5s ribosomal dnas in the three species of cucurbitaceae. five pairs of 45s rdna loci and two pairs of 5s rdna signals were detected on chromosomes of cucurbita moschata duch. luffa cylindrical roem. contained five pairs of 45s rdna loci and one pair of 5s rdna loci. in benincasa hispida cogn., two pairs of 45s rdna sites and one pair of 5s rdna ... | 2007 | 17548333 |
| a water-soluble extract from cucurbita moschata shows anti-obesity effects by controlling lipid metabolism in a high fat diet-induced obesity mouse model. | during the screening of a variety of plant sources for their anti-obesity activity, it was found that a water-soluble extract, named pg105, prepared from stem parts of cucurbita moschata, contains potent anti-obesity activities in a high fat diet-induced obesity mouse model. in this animal model, increases in body weight and fat storage were suppressed by 8-week oral administration of pg105 at 500 mg/kg, while the overall amount of food intake was not affected. furthermore, pg105 protected the d ... | 2007 | 17548058 |
| flowering locus t protein may act as the long-distance florigenic signal in the cucurbits. | cucurbita moschata, a cucurbit species responsive to inductive short-day (sd) photoperiods, and zucchini yellow mosaic virus (zymv) were used to test whether long-distance movement of flowering locus t (ft) mrna or ft is required for floral induction. ectopic expression of ft by zymv was highly effective in mediating floral induction of long-day (ld)-treated plants. moreover, the infection zone of zymv was far removed from floral meristems, suggesting that ft transcripts do not function as the f ... | 2007 | 17540715 |
| chemical composition and antioxidant activity of an acidic polysaccharide extracted from cucurbita moschata duchesne ex poiret. | a simple and sensitive high-performance capillary electrophoresis (hpce) method was designed for quantitative analysis of the component monosaccharides of an acidic polysaccharide extracted from pumpkin. in this method, the polysaccharide was hydrolyzed into component monosaccharides with 2.0 m trifluoroacetic acid at 100 degrees c for 6 h and then labeled with 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone, and subsequently the labeled monosaccharide derivatives were separated by hpce. as a result, glucose (21 ... | 2007 | 17511465 |
| qualitative and quantitative differences in carotenoid composition among cucurbita moschata, cucurbita maxima, and cucurbita pepo. | squashes and pumpkins are important dietary sources of carotenoids worldwide. the carotenoid composition has been determined, but reported data have been highly variable, both qualitatively and quantitatively. in the present work, the carotenoid composition of squashes and pumpkins currently marketed in campinas, brazil, were determined by hplc-dad, complemented by hplc-ms for identification. cucurbita moschata 'menina brasileira' and c. moschata 'goianinha' had similar profiles, with beta-carot ... | 2007 | 17444652 |
| [potential allelopathic effects of piper nigrum, mangifera indica and clausena lansium]. | with piper nigrum, mangifera indica and clausena lansium as the donators, this paper studied their potential allelopathic effects on the germination and growth of zea mays, glycine max, cucurbita moschata, arachis hypogaea, raphanus sativus, echinochloa crusgalli, digitaria sanguinalis and stylosanthes guianensis. the results showed that the aqueous extracts of these donators could inhibit the germination and growth of z. mays, g. max, c. moschata, e. crus-galli and d. sanguinalis at high concen ... | 2006 | 17147171 |
| copper and lead levels in two popular leafy vegetables grown around morogoro municipality, tanzania. | a study was carried out to determine the levels of two heavy metals, lead (pb) and copper (cu), in two popular leafy vegetables grown around morogoro municipality in tanzania. vegetable samples of pumpkin leaves (cucurbita moschata) and chinese cabbage (brassica chinensis) were collected from three sites and analysed for their concentrations of the two metals using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. the three sites, namely mazimbu, kihonda and towelo are located within a 10 km perimeter. th ... | 2006 | 17058799 |
| analysis of gamma-irradiated melon, pumpkin, and sunflower seeds by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. | seeds of melon (citrullus lanatus var. sp.), pumpkin (cucurbita moschata), and sunflower (heliantus annus) were gamma-irradiated at 1, 3, 5, and 10 kgy and analyzed by electron paramagnetic resonance (epr) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (gc-ms) according to en1787:2000 and en1785:2003, respectively. distinguishable triplet signals due to the presence of induced cellulose radicals were found at 2.0010-2.0047 g in the epr spectra. the gamma-irradiated radiolytic markers of 2-dodecylcyclo ... | 2006 | 16968077 |
| food processing methods influence the glycaemic indices of some commonly eaten west indian carbohydrate-rich foods. | glycaemic index (gi) values for fourteen commonly eaten carbohydrate-rich foods processed by various methods were determined using ten healthy subjects. the foods studied were round leaf yellow yam (dioscorea cayenensis), negro and lucea yams (dioscorea rotundata), white and sweet yams (dioscorea alata), sweet potato (solanum tuberosum), irish potato (ipomoea batatas), coco yam (xanthosoma spp.), dasheen (colocasia esculenta), pumpkin (cucurbita moschata), breadfruit (artocarpus altilis), green ... | 2006 | 16925852 |
| characterization of the major integral protein of vacuolar membrane. | the vacuolar membrane of radish (raphanus sativus) taproot contained a large quantity of a protein of 23 kilodaltons that accounted for more than 25% of the total membrane proteins. the protein, tentatively named vm 23, was purified and characterized. vm 23 tends to aggregate at high temperature even in the presence of 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate. the apparent molecular size of vm 23 was estimated to be about 400 kilodaltons by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of 0.1% triton x-10 ... | 1992 | 16668783 |
| the regulation of gelation of phloem exudate from cucurbita fruit by dilution, glutathione, and glutathione reductase. | the average glutathione equivalent concentration in phloem exudate collected from squash fruit (cucurbita moschata [duchesne] poir. var butternut) and pumpkin fruit (cucurbita pepo [l.] var jack-o-lattern) was 1.02 and 0.60 millimolar, respectively. glutathione reductase (ec 1.6.4.2) activity in phloem exudate from squash and pumpkin fruit averaged 0.48 and 1.74 micromole nadph oxidized per minute per milliliter, respectively. protein concentrations in fruit phloem exudates averaged 67 milligram ... | 1988 | 16666036 |
| globulin-specific proteolytic activity in germinating pumpkin seeds as detected by a fluorescence assay method. | the proteolytic activities of alpha-chymotrypsin, trypsin, pepsin, bromelain, and an extract from germinating pumpkin seeds (cucurbita moschata) were determined by their ability to effect the release of 1-anilino-8-naphthalenesulfonate bound to internal hydrophobic sites in intact protein substrates. casein, glyceraldehyde-3-p dehydrogenase, urease, catalase, pumpkin seed globulin, and bovine serum albumin enhanced the fluorescence of 1-anilino-8-naphthalenesulfonate sufficiently to be used as p ... | 1974 | 16659002 |
| glutamate dehydrogenase from pumpkin cotyledons: characterization and isoenzymes. | glutamate dehydrogenase from pumpkin (cucurbita moschata pior. cultivar dickinson field) cotyledons was found in both soluble and particulate fractions with the bulk of the activity in the soluble fraction. both enzymes used nad(h) and nadp(h) but nad(h) was favored. the enzymes were classified as glutamate-nad oxidoreductase, deaminating (ec 1.4.1.3). both enzymes were heat stable, had a ph optimum for reductive amination of 8.0, and were inhibited by high concentrations of nh(4) (+) or alpha-k ... | 1972 | 16657999 |
| metabolism of arginine by aging and 7 day old pumpkin seedlings. | the metabolism of arginine by etiolated pumpkin (cucurbita moschata) seedlings was studied over various time and age intervals by injecting arginine-u-(14)c into the cotyledons. at most, 25% of the (14)c was transported from the cotyledon to the axis tissue and the amount of this transport decreased with increasing age of the seedlings. the cotyledons of 25 day old plants contained 60% of the administered (14)c as unmetabolized arginine. little (14)c was in sugars and it appeared that arginine w ... | 1969 | 16657070 |
| ribosome-inactivating proteins in edible plants and purification and characterization of a new ribosome-inactivating protein from cucurbita moschata. | the basic protein fraction of tissue extracts from 40 edible plants inhibited cell-free protein synthesis and released adenine from herring sperm dna, thus having adenine glycosylase activity. this suggested the presence of ribosome-inactivating proteins (rips) in the plant extracts. this indication was further strengthened by the presence of the two activities after a partial chromatographic purification of three extracts, including that from lycopersicon esculentum (tomato), which had very low ... | 2006 | 16564632 |
| [effects of nacl stress on cation contents in seedlings of two pumpkin varieties]. | effects of different concentration nacl stress on cation contents of pumpkin cultivars (cucurbita ficifolia and cucurbita moschata) usually used as rootstocks of cucumber were studied. the results showed that, in both cultivars treated with 150, 300 and 500 mmol/l nacl for 7 d, increasing salinity caused in increasing retardation of shoot and root growth, and reduction of shoot relative water content (table 1). with increasing nacl concentration, na(+) content increased while k(+) content decrea ... | 2006 | 16477137 |
| [relationships of aulacophora beetles feeding behavior with cucurbitacin types in host crops]. | aulacophora fermoralis chinensis and aulacophora cattigarensis are the two related aulacophora beetles, but their host selectivity and feeding behavior are significantly different. a. fernzoralis chinensis usually feeds upon cucumis sativus and cucurbita moschata, but never upon luffa acutangula, momordica charantia and citrullas lanatus. its feeding behavior on hosts is to snip a circular trench on their leaves, and then, to feed the leaf tissues isolated by the trench. on the contrary, a. catt ... | 2005 | 16252877 |
| [allelopathic effects of cultured cucurbita moschata root exudates]. | by using the techniques of tissue culture, bio-assay and laboratory analysis, this paper studied the effects of the allelopathic chemicals from pumpkin (cucurbita moschata) roots on the seed germination and seedling growth of pumpkin, wheat (triticum aestivum), and radish (raphanus sativus). the pumpkin root was cultured on a sterile b5 media, and the concentrations of macro- and microelements, organic supplements and hormones in the media were adjusted by using an orthogonal design. after cultu ... | 2005 | 16011180 |
| phenolic profiles of raw apricots, pumpkins, and their purees in the evaluation of apricot nectar and jam authenticity. | the possibility of proving the undeclared addition of pumpkin puree in apricot nectars and jams has been investigated by using the phenol compound fingerprint and sensory evaluation. the cheaper pumpkin admixtures in apricot nectars and jams could not be detected by the sensory evaluation, particularly if present in quantities of <15%. the lower admixtures of pumpkin puree in apricot nectars and jams could be detected by the presence of syringic acid, a phenolic compound characteristic of the in ... | 2005 | 15941324 |
| reassessing coxcatlan cave and the early history of domesticated plants in mesoamerica. | reanalysis and direct accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dating of the cucurbit assemblage from coxcatlan cave provide information on the timing and sequence of the initial appearance of three domesticated plants in the tehuacán valley (puebla, mexico) and allow reassessment of the overall temporal context of plant domestication in mexico. cucurbita pepo is the earliest documented domesticate in the cave, dating to 7,920 calibrated calendrical (cal) years b.p. the bottle gourd (lagenaria ... | 2005 | 15908505 |
| [effects of root exudates of squash grafted with cucumber shoot on seed germination]. | cucumber (cucumis statirus l.) is commonly cultivated by grafting on squash (cucurbita moschata) in commercial production. the effects of root exudates of squash grafted with cucumber on seed germination rate of cucumber and squash were tested. in this study, the exudates of cucumber-grafted squash roots were continuously collected with xad-4 resin, and were further diluted with distilled water to make 5%, 10%, 20% and 40% concentrations. cucumber and squash seeds were used for bioassay. the see ... | 2005 | 15840942 |
| new phenolic glycosides from the seeds of cucurbita moschata. | five new phenolic glycosides, cucurbitosides a-e (1-5), were isolated from the seeds of cucurbita moschata. their structures were elucidated as 2-(4-hydroxy)phenylethanol 4-o-(5-o-benzoyl)-beta-d-apiofuranosyl(1-->2)-beta-d-glucopyranoside (1), 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanol 4-o-[5-o-(4-hydroxy)benzoyl]-beta-d-apiofuranosyl(1-->2)-beta-d-glucopyranoside (2), 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol 4-o-(5-o-benzoyl)-beta-d-apiofuranosyl(1-->2)-beta-d-glucopyranoside (3), 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol 4-o-[5-o-(4-hydroxy)b ... | 2005 | 15684523 |
| characterization and activity enhancement of the phloem-specific pumpkin pp2 gene promoter. | the promoter of the pumpkin (cucurbita moschata) pp2 gene (designated np) was isolated from the restriction enzyme-digested genomic dna pool by genome walking and its activity and phloem specificity were examined in transgenic tobacco plants by using gus as a reporter. deletion analysis of the promoter revealed that the 473-bp fragment (-465 to + 8 relative to the transcription start site; designated as npii) exhibited similar activity as the full-length np promoter and retained its phloem speci ... | 2004 | 15672837 |
| purification and characterization of moschatin, a novel type i ribosome-inactivating protein from the mature seeds of pumpkin (cucurbita moschata), and preparation of its immunotoxin against human melanoma cells. | a novel ribosome-inactivating protein designated moschatin from the mature seeds of pumpkin (cucurbita moschata) has been successively purified to homogeneity, using ammonium sulfate precipitation, cm-cellulose 52 column chromatography, blue sepharose cl-6b affinity column chromatography and fplc size-exclusion column chromatography. moschatin is a type 1 rip with a pi of 9.4 and molecular weight of approximately 29 kd. it is a rrna n-glycosidase and potently blocked the protein synthesis in the ... | 2003 | 14672560 |
| chemical studies on cucurbita moschata duch. ii. a synthesis of cucurbitine. | 1961 | 13918398 | |
| chemical studies on cucurbita moschata duch. i. the isolation and structural studies of cucurbitine, a new amino acid. | 1961 | 13891528 | |
| pumpkin seed (cucurbita moschata) in the treatment of acute schistosomiasis. | 1960 | 13810019 | |
| [immunocytological localization of iaa in the parenchyma cell and vascular elements in the graft union of cucurbita pepo/cucurbita moschata at the early developmental stage]. | immuno-gold localization of iaa in cells of the graft union in the explant internode graft of cucurbita pepo/cucurbita moschata were investigated with electron microscopy. in parenchyma cells near the graft union, the gold particles were mainly accumulated in nucleus, plastid and endoplasmic reticulum, while no gold particles was detected in golgi body, mitochondrion, cell wall and vacuoles. in the differentiating xylem element, the gold particles were labeled in secondary wall and cytoplasm. in ... | 2000 | 12548981 |
| germanium does not substitute for boron in cross-linking of rhamnogalacturonan ii in pumpkin cell walls. | boron (b)-deficient pumpkin (cucurbita moschata duchesne) plants exhibit reduced growth, and their tissues are brittle. the leaf cell walls of these plants contain less than one-half the amount of borate cross-linked rhamnogalacturonan ii (rg-ii) dimer than normal plants. supplying germanium (ge), which has been reported to substitute for b, to b-deficient plants does not restore growth or reduce tissue brittleness. nevertheless, the leaf cell walls of the ge-treated plants accumulated considera ... | 2002 | 12481079 |
| purification and characterization of moschins, arginine-glutamate-rich proteins with translation-inhibiting activity from brown pumpkin (cucurbita moschata) seeds. | from fresh brown pumpkin seeds, two proteins with a molecular mass of 12kda and an n-terminal sequence rich in arginine and glutamate residues were obtained. the protein designated alpha-moschin closely resembled the fruitfly programmed-cell death gene product and the protein designated beta-moschin demonstrated striking similarity to prepro 2s albumin in n-terminal sequence. alpha- and beta-moschins inhibited translation in the rabbit reticulocyte lysate system with an ic(50) of 17 microm and 3 ... | 2002 | 12356464 |
| 13-hydroxy-9z,11e,15e-octadecatrienoic acid from the leaves of cucurbita moschata. | a new unsaturated hydroxy fatty acid was isolated from the leaves of cucurbita moschata through repeated silica gel column chromatography and chemical methods. the structure of the new fatty acid was determined as 13-hydroxy-9,11,15-octadecatrienoic acid on the basis of several spectral data including 2d-nmr. the stererostructures of double bonds were determined to be 9z, 11e and 15e by coupling patterns of related proton signals in the 1h-nmr and noesy experiments. | 2002 | 12214851 |
| carotenoid composition and vitamin a value of an argentinian squash (cucurbita moschata). | the carotenoid composition of butternut squash (cucurbita moschata) cultivated in the province of santiago del estero, argentina, was determined. the main carotenoids isolated were identified as beta-carotene (beta,beta-carotene), alpha-carotene (beta,epsilon-carotene), and lutein (beta,epsilon-carotene-3,3'-diol) and the minor carotenoids, as phytofluene (7,8,11,12,7',8'-hexahydro-psi,psi-carotene), zeta-carotene (7,8,7',8'-tetrahydro-psi,psi-carotene), neurosporene (7,8-dihydro-psi,psi-caroten ... | 2001 | 12012567 |
| kinetic mechanism and order of substrate binding for sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase from squash (cucurbita moschata). | sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (g3pat, ec 2.3.1.15), a component of glycerolipid biosynthesis, is an important enzyme in chilling sensitivity in plants. the three-dimensional structure of the enzyme from squash (cucurbita moschata), without bound substrate, has been determined [turnbull et al. (2001) acta crystallogr. d 57, 451-453; turnbull et al. (2001) structure 9, 347-353]. here we report the kinetic mechanism of plastidial g3pat from squash and the order of substrate binding using ... | 2002 | 11943166 |
| phylogenetic relationships among domesticated and wild species of cucurbita (cucurbitaceae) inferred from a mitochondrial gene: implications for crop plant evolution and areas of origin. | we have investigated the phylogenetic relationships among six wild and six domesticated taxa of cucurbita using as a marker an intron region from the mitochondrial nad1 gene. our study represents one of the first successful uses of a mtdna gene in resolving inter- and intraspecific taxonomic relationships in angiosperms and yields several important insights into the origins of domesticated cucurbita. first, our data suggest at least six independent domestication events from distinct wild ancesto ... | 2002 | 11782554 |
| morphological, biochemical and molecular characterization of herpetomonas samuelpessoai camargoi n. subsp., a trypanosomatid isolated from the flower of the squash cucurbita moschata. | we report the morphological, biochemical and molecular characteristics of a trypanosomatid isolated from the flower of cucurbita moschata. although the trypanosomatid was isolated from a plant, the lack of recognition of phytomonas-specific molecular markers based on spliced-leader and ribosomal genes as well as by monoclonal antibodies specific for phytomonas argues against assigning it to this genus. because the isolate displayed typical opisthomastigote forms in culture, it is assigned to the ... | 2009 | 11249194 |
| crystallization and preliminary x-ray analysis of the glycerol-3-phosphate 1-acyltransferase from squash (cucurbita moschata). | glycerol-3-phosphate 1-acyltransferase (e.c. 2.3.1.15; g3pat) catalyses the incorporation of an acyl group from either acyl-acyl carrier proteins (acylacps) or acylcoas into the sn-1 position of glycerol 3-phosphate to yield 1-acylglycerol 3-phosphate. crystals of squash g3pat have been obtained by the hanging-drop method of vapour diffusion using peg 4000 as the precipitant. these crystals are most likely to belong to space group p2(1)2(1)2(1), with approximate unit-cell parameters a = 61.1, b ... | 2001 | 11223529 |
| mutagenesis of squash (cucurbita moschata) glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (gpat) to produce an enzyme with altered substrate selectivity. | in an attempt to rationalize the relationship between structure and substrate selectivity of glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (gpat, 1at, ec 2.3.1.15) we have cloned a number of cdnas into the pet overexpression system using a pcr-based approach. following assay of the recombinant enzyme we noted that the substrate selectivity of the squash (cucurbita moschata) enzyme had altered dramatically. this form of gpat has now been crystallized and its full three-dimensional structure elucidated. si ... | 2000 | 11171168 |
| induction of cutinolytic esterase activity during saprophytic growth of cucurbit pathogens, fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae races one and two (nectria haematococca mpi and mpv, respectively). | cutins from fruit of cucurbita maxima and cucurbita moschata cultivars, apple and a c(16) alcohol (hexadecanol) were used to induce cutinolytic esterase activity during saprophytic growth of strains of the two cucurbit pathogens, fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae, race 1 (nectria haematococca mating population (mpi) and f. solani f. sp. cucurbitae, race 2 (mpv). four strains of mpv and 11 strains of mpi were were included in the study. although we were primarily interested in the two cucurbit pa ... | 2001 | 11164297 |
| a second gene for acyl-(acyl-carrier-protein): glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase in squash, cucurbita moschata cv. shirogikuza(*), codes for an oleate-selective isozyme: molecular cloning and protein purification studies. | a new isogene for acyl-(acyl-carrier-protein):glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (gpat; ec 2.3.1.15) in squash has been cloned and the gene product was identified as oleate-selective gpat. using pcr primers that could hybridise with exons for a previously cloned squash gpat, we obtained two pcr products of different size: one coded for a previously cloned squash gpat corresponding to non-selective isoforms at2 and at3, and the other for a new isozyme, probably the oleate-selective isoform at1. ... | 2000 | 11134424 |
| crystallization and preliminary crystallographic study of cucurmosin, a ribosome-inactivating protein from the sarcocarp of cucurbita moschata. | cucurmosin, a ribosome-inactivating protein purified from pumpkin, the sarcocarp of cucurbita moschata, has been crystallized using polyethylene glycol as a precipitant. the crystals belong to space group p2(1)2(1)2(1) and have unit-cell parameters a = 41.91, b = 59. 48, c = 98.78 a. there is one molecule in the asymmetric unit. the diffraction data to 3.0 a resolution were collected on a mar research image-plate detector. | 2000 | 10771444 |
| substrate specificity modification of the stromal glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase. | the stromal glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferases (gpats; ec 2.3.1.15) from spinach (spinacia oleracea) and squash (cucurbita moschata) were expressed in escherichia coli and their activities with palmitoyl-coa and oleoyl-coa compared. the gpat from squash, a chilling-sensitive plant, was found to have the greatest difference in activities between the two substrates, using palmitoyl-coa over three times faster than oleoyl-coa. in contrast, the enzyme from spinach, a chilling-tolerant plant, pref ... | 1997 | 9016814 |
| the sterols of cucurbita moschata ("calabacita") seed oil. | from the sterol fraction of seed oil from commercial cucurbita moschata dutch ("calabacita") delta 5 and delta 7 sterols having saturated and unsaturated side chain were isolated by chromatographic procedures and characterized by spectroscopic (1h and 13c-nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry) methods. the main components were identified as 24s-ethyl 5 alpha-cholesta-7,22e-dien-3 beta-ol (alpha-spinasterol); 24s-ethyl 5 alpha-cholesta-7,22e,25-trien-3 beta-ol (25-dehydrochondrillasterol) ... | 1996 | 8934454 |
| butternut squash (cucurbita moschata) dermatitis. | 1994 | 8187500 | |
| [effects of celosia argentea and cucurbita moschata extracts on anti-dnp ige antibody production in mice]. | we have already reported that the perilla frutescens extract (pfe) suppressed anti-dna ige antibody production in mice. in this study, we prepared extracts of celosia argentea l. (cae) and cucurbita moschata duch (cme), which are chinese herbal medicines like perilla frutescens, and examined the effects on anti-dnp antibody responses in mice. to examine the effects of cae & cme on primary antibody responses, cae & cme were intraperitoneally injected the day before primary immunization of dnp-ova ... | 1994 | 8031259 |
| carotenoid composition and vitamin a value of a squash and a pumpkin from northeastern brazil. | the carotenoid composition of a squash and a pumpkin from northeastern brazil was determined. nineteen carotenoids were detected in cucurbita moschata variety "baianinha"; beta-carotene was the principal carotenoid, contributing about 74% of an average total carotenoid content of 317.8 micrograms/g. in c. maxima variety "jerimum caboclo", 11 carotenoids were found with lutein, and beta-carotene as the major pigments accounting for about 60% and 27%, respectively, of an average total carotenoid c ... | 1990 | 2133187 |
| [chemical and biological characterization of meal and protein isolates from pumpkin seed (cucurbita moschata)]. | the present study was carried out in order to check through chemical and biological analyses the nutritional characteristics of pumpkin seed, its delipidized meal and its proteic concentrate, considering its availability, nutritional potential, facility for production in poor soils and the need for new food resources. another objective was to complement the amino acid pattern of pumpkin with others protein sources for human consumption. the results obtained indicate that: raw pumpkin seed meal h ... | 1992 | 1342182 |