Approximately 80 kg of each pumpkin species – C. moschata
‘Menina Brasileira’ and C. maxima ‘Exposição’ – were harvested in
different rural units in the municipal districts of Curitibanos
(27160580 0 South, 50350040 0 West, 987 m altitude) and São Cristóvão
do Sul (27160000 0 South, 50260260 0 West, 1025 m altitude)
(Santa Catarina, Brazil) in 2010 (February–March) and transported
to the laboratory in Florianopolis (Santa Catarina, Brazil), where
the samples were processed and analysed.