Abstract: The different varieties of pumpkins have the different contents of carbohydrate.There are two type of pumpkins accordingtotheir pulp’ s contents ofcarbohydrate,thatis,highcarbohydratetypepumpkin(HCTP)andlow carbohydrate type pumpkin(LCTP).In order to investigate the effect of different varieties of pumpkins on alloxan in-duceddiabeticmice,this paperchosetwodifferenttypes ofpumpkins thatoftensoldinsouthmarket,andadop tedakind ofnewtechnologytoextractandgain thepumpkinpolysaccharideandstud iedtheir nutritivecompositionand glucatonic effect.The results showed that the f ry matters and total carbohydrate of HCT pumpkin was higher,and its glucatonic effect was not prominent while the LC Tpumpkin hadthe contrary results.

Key words: HCTP , LCTP , Glucatonic