Pumpkin seeds; an alternate and sustainable source of bioactive compounds and nutritional food formulations

H Fatima, A Hussain, K Kabir, F Arshad… - Journal of Food …, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing health awareness in the public and consumption of foods capable of promoting
health has raised the use of fruits and vegetables seeds loaded with of nutritional contents …

[HTML][HTML] A Comprehensive review of functional ingredients, especially bioactive compounds present in pumpkin peel, flesh and seeds, and their health benefits

A Hussain, T Kausar, S Sehar, A Sarwar… - Food Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima), belonging to family Cucurbitaceae, is a well-known edible
plant, cultivated and abundantly used as herbal medicine and functional food. This review …

Functional and nutraceutical properties of pumpkin–a review

S Kaur, A Panghal, MK Garg, S Mann… - Nutrition & Food …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the nutritional and food value of pumpkin
Cucurbita, along with different health benefits. Cucurbita (pumpkin) is an herbaceous vine …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive comparative insights on physico-chemical characteristics, bioactive components, and therapeutic potential of pumpkin fruit

AE Shajan, KK Dash, O Bashir, R Shams - Future Foods, 2024 - Elsevier
Pumpkin is one of the most regularly consumed vegetables and it is also recognized for its
nutritional, medicinal, and economic benefits. Pumpkins are low in calories yet high in …

Pumpkin ( Cucurbita )

M Kaur, S Sharma, AS Dhatt - Nutraceuticals from Fruit and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, vegetables play a very crucial role in human nutrition but their non‐traditional
edible parts like peels, seeds, leaves, stems are discarded as waste. Despite being enriched …

[PDF][PDF] A review on health benefits and nutritional composition of pumpkin seeds

NM Devi, RV Prasad, N Sagarika - International journal of chemical …, 2018 - academia.edu
Pumpkin belongs to the genus Cucurbita and family Cucurbitaceae is grown all around the
world for a variety of reasons. It is used as a food material, animal feed, and for decoration …

[PDF][PDF] Characterization of nutritional components and utilization of pumpkin

T Zhou, Q Kong, J Huang, R Dai, Q Li - Food, 2007 - academia.edu
Pumpkin is a dicotyledonous seed vegetable with many nutritional components, including
pumpkin polysaccharides, active proteins, essential amino acids, carotenoids, minerals and …

[PDF][PDF] Pumpkin–health benefits

L Ceclu, DG Mocanu, OV Nistor - Journal of …, 2020 - dicasdadraanamaria.com
Plant products have been used for millennia as a medicine in human nutrition. The
popularity of pumpkin consumed as both food and medicine in traditional medicine for …

[HTML][HTML] Pumpkin seeds as nutraceutical and functional food ingredient for future: A review

A Singh, V Kumar - Grain & Oil Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Pumpkin belongs to the family of Cucurbitaceae, which comprises several species that has
economical as well as agronomical importance. All parts of pumpkin are edible and laden …

Pumpkin bio-wastes as source of functional ingredients

SM Ezzat, R Adel, E Abdel-Sattar - Mediterranean fruits bio-wastes …, 2022 - Springer
A large amount of wastes and by-products are generated during the vegetables and fruits
production and food industry. These wastes create increasing disposal and severe …