Plant Cucumis sativus (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cucumber

How this plant is used

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
7,22-STIGMASTADIEN-3BETA-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-STIGMASTEN-3BETA-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Fruit	180.0	4557.0	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	290.0	7342.0	2.17	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	0.4	38.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	0.4	21000.0	5.89	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	340.0	8608.0	1.15	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	0.0	0.3	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	3670.0	140000.0	2.16	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	320.0	8101.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Fruit	2.0	70.0	2.29	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.3	8.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PYRAZOL-1-YL-ALANINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Fruit	1.0	46.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Singla*, A.K. Pathak, K. 1989. Phytoconstituents of Euphorbia species. Fitoterapia 61(6): 483-508, 1990.
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	7	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).