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. 2023 Jun 23;8(26):23346–23357. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c02176

Table 3. Therapeutic Properties of Different Pumpkin Parts.

Pumpkin part Disease Recovery References
Pumpkin flour Hypertension and oxidative stress Control of glucose absorption and reduction of associated hypertension Vergara-Valencia (82)
Pumpkin seed oil Cardiovascular problems of menopausal women Functional food used as culinary and traditional medicine Šamec24
Pumpkin fiber Gastrointestinal parasites, urinary dysfunctions and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) as a supporter, dysuria, CVDs and maintenance of blood glucose The fibers in the pumpkin are useful in the buffering of stomach pH by binding the excess acids produced by the digestive system Vergara-Valencia83
Pumpkin seed oil Diastolic blood pressure in postmenopausal women Reduced the risks of heart attacks because of high magnesium content Matsuzaki84
Pumpkin seed Hypertension Relaxing vessels on chemical-induced hypertension El-Mosallamy85
Pumpkin seed Diabetes Increased plasma enzyme levels Matsuzaki86
Pumpkin seed oil Liver disease Depletion of cholesterol synthesis and elevated cholesterol catabolism in the liver Al-Okbi87
Pumpkin Tumor and cancer Removal of various free radicals generated in the body during metabolism Chen and Huang88
Pumpkin pulp and oil Lung histomorphological damage Antimicrobial activity El-Aziz89
Pumpkin Diabetes, carcinogenicity, and inflammation Various medical conditions for the cure Yadav67
Pumpkin seed powder Diabetes Pumpkin seed supplementation significantly normalized the alterations of different biochemical parameters of diabetic mice Arzoo90
Pumpkin Diabetes and oxidative stress Therapeutic strategies have recently focused on preventing such diabetes-related abnormalities using different natural and chemical compounds Shayesteh;91 Makni et al. (92)