| cucurbitaceae | The gourd family of flowering plants that belongs to the order violales. It includes cucumbers, gourds, melons, squashes, and pumpkins. It is sometimes placed in its own order, cucurbitales. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| cucurbitacin delta 23-reductase | <enzyme> Catalyses the oxidation of 23,24-dihydrocucurbitacin to cucurbitacin in the presence of NADP+ Registry number: EC 1.3.1.5 (26 Jun 1999) |