Table 1.

Proximate composition in the different parts of indigenous and hybrid varieties of pumpkin.

Factors		Indigenous variety	Hybrid variety
Moisture (mg/100g)	Peel	89.527 ± 0.72	88.470 ± 0.68
	Flesh	92.453 ± 0.71	91.587 ± 0.67
	Seed	56.740 ± 0.70***	41.630 ± 0.38
Ash(mg/100g)	Peel	7.317 ± .37	5.513 ± 0.77
	Flesh	5.527 ± 0.75	3.560 ± 0.51
	Seed	3.537 ± 0.68	3.787 ± 0.60
Fat(mg/100g)	Peel	1.650 ± 0.39	2.660 ± 0.55
	Flesh	1.403 ± 0.49	1.873 ± 0.52
	Seed	23.447 ± 0.72**	17.893 ± 0.55
Protein (mg/100g)	Peel	14.670 ± 0.61*	11.613 ± 0.69
	Flesh	10.447 ± 0.39	10.623 ± 0.50
	Seed	21.313 ± 0.50	20.677 ± 0.61
Carbohydrate (mg/100g)	Peel	12.407 ± 0.45**	6.720 ± 0.60
	Flesh	8.507 ± 0.68*	5.537 ± 0.69
	Seed	5.183 ± 0.67	14.540 ± 0.48***
Fiber (mg/100g)	Peel	13.383 ± .64	12.280 ± 0.70
	Flesh	1.553 ± 0.84	3.447 ± 0.82
	Seed	46.647 ± 0.84	52.377 ± 0.61**
Energy (kcal/100g)	Peel	124.47 ± 0.59***	92.065 ± 0.56
	Flesh	79.563 ± 0.70**	75.587 ± 0.78
	Seed	311.54 ± 0.56***	227.64 ± 0.75

Values are represented as mean ± SE (n = 3). *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001 are considered as significant.