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

Common Names

Cucumber

How this plant is used

Food

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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
CYCLOEUCALENOL	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Fruit	30.0	759.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE	1	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUPHOL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	900.0	43037.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	300000.0	425000.0	0.84	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	6000.0	151896.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Fruit	0.1	4.0	0.80	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-BETA-PYRAZOL-1-YL-ALANINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Fruit	1540.0	38987.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Fruit	190.0	4810.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
GRAMISTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANAL	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXEN-(2)-AL-(1)	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Fruit	80.0	2025.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	2.6	420.0	1.14	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Fruit	170.0	4303.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ISOMULTIFLORINEOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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).