Abstract:
The pumpkin is a gourd of the genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae, it is refers to
cultivars of any one of the species Cucurbita pepo or Cucurbita maxima . The study revealed
that pumpkin fruit studied was a potential food and has a multiple components of medicine
benefits to the weak patients .Twenty two bioactive compounds and their important biological
activities were degraded from ethanolic extract of pumpkin fruits by using GC-MS analytical
technique . However, further studies should be done for isolation of individual phytochemical
content and their biological activity will definitely give fruitful results. |
