A review on biochemical constituents of pumpkin and their role as pharma foods; a key strategy to improve health in post COVID 19 period

Abstract Progression of today’s world has been given setback due to the adversity a novel, viral, deadly outbreak COVID 19, which raised concerns scientists, researchers and health related officials about inherent adaptive immune system living body its relation with healthy diet balanced pharma foods. Now is coming out destructive pandemic era, choice right food can help build boost immunity pumpkin excellent profile functional nutraceutical constituents could be part both infected non-infected person’s daily diet. Vitamins like A, C E, minerals zinc, iron selenium, essential oils, peptides, carotenoids polysaccharides present in accommodate prevailing deficiencies fought against viral pathogens. In current post 19 scenario adequate supply diet, foods play basic role boosting populations. This review covers pharmacological activities pandemic. Pumpkins are well equipped nutraceuticals bioactives tocopherols, polyphenols, terpenoids lutein therefore, consumption processing this remarkable vegetable encouraged as antihyperlipidemic, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antihyperglycemic, immunomodulatory, antihypertensive, antimicrobial antioxidant potential. Need eating period very crucial for population, medicinal vital developing community around globe. Graphical