One hundred grams

Bebe small pumpkin belongs to the mini pumpkin, each Bebe small pumpkin weighs about one hundred grams, contains less than 100 calories, belongs to a kind of low-calorie food.

Nutritional value

Rich in protein, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and other ingredients, can strengthen the spleen, protect the liver, prevent night blindness.

Nutritional value of Bebe pumpkin:Every 100 grams of Bebe pumpkin contains 0.6 grams of protein, 0.1 grams of fat. Carbohydrates 5.7 grams, 1.1 grams of crude fiber, ash 0.6 grams, calcium 10 mg, phosphorus 32 mg.

Cucurbita pepo Morphological Characteristics

Annual trailing herbs; stems are often rooted at the nodes, elongated up to 2-5 meters, densely covered with short white bristles. Petiole stout, 8-19 cm long, covered with short bristles; leaf blade broadly ovate or ovate-orbicular, slightly soft, 5-angled or 5-lobed, sparsely obtuse, 12-25 cm long, 20-30 cm wide, lateral lobes smaller, middle lobe larger, triangular, densely covered with yellowish-white bristles and velutinous hairs, often white spots, veins elevated, veins in each lobe often extend to the tip, into a small tip, the dorsal surface lighter in color, the hairs more obvious, the edge with small, dense hairs. The margins are small and densely denticulate, slightly obtuse at the tip. Tendrils slightly stout, shortly setose and velutinous as petioles, 3-5-fascicled.

Nutritional value of pumpkin

Polysaccharides

Pumpkin polysaccharides is a non-specific immune enhancers, can enhance the body's immune function, to promote cytokine production, through the activation of complement and other pathways on the immune system to play a multifaceted regulatory function.

Carotenoids

Carotenoids in pumpkin can be converted into vitamin A with important physiological functions, which has important physiological functions for the growth and differentiation of epithelial tissues, the maintenance of normal vision, and the promotion of bone development.

Pectin

Pectin in pumpkin can regulate the rate of absorption of food in the stomach, slowing down the absorption of sugar, soluble fiber can delay the emptying of food in the stomach, control the rise of blood sugar after meals. Pectin can also be combined with excess cholesterol in the body to reduce cholesterol absorption and decrease blood cholesterol concentration.

Mineral elements

Pumpkin is rich in cobalt, in all kinds of vegetables containing cobalt in the first place. Cobalt can be active in the body's metabolism, promote hematopoietic function, and participate in the synthesis of vitamin B12 in the body, is the human pancreatic islet cells must be trace elements. Vitamin C contained in pumpkin can prevent nitrate in the digestive tract into carcinogenic substances nitrite. Mannitol contained in pumpkin reduces the harmful effects of toxins in feces. Pumpkin can eliminate the mutagenic effect of carcinogen nitrosamine. There are anti-cancer effects. Pumpkin is rich in zinc, involved in the body of nucleic acids, protein synthesis, is an inherent component of adrenocorticotropic hormone, an important substance for human growth and development.

Amino acids

Pumpkin contains a variety of amino acids needed by the human body, including lysine, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, threonine and other high content. In addition, the genotype of ascorbate oxidase in pumpkin is the same as that in tobacco, but the activity is significantly higher than that in tobacco, indicating a higher content of immunoreactive proteins in pumpkin.

Pumpkin leaves

Contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, of which the content of vitamin C is very high, so that it has an excellent heat detoxification effect, the summer with pumpkin leaves boiled water to drink, you can play the role of summer heat in addition to the role of annoyance.