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
ISOORIENTIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Fruit	0.0	2.8	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	230.0	5822.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Cotyledon	35100.0	486700.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	220.0	5570.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	66900.0	170468.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Cotyledon	not available	312200.0	1.17	Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM	11	Fruit	0.2	0.6	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	220.0	5570.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
LYSOLECITHIN	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	101.0	7000.0	2.26	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	0.5	98.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
MELOSIDE-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Fruit	0.0	0.1	1.50	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	40.0	1012.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
MEVALONIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	3.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Fruit	0.1	2.8	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Fruit	30.0	759.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
MULTIFLORINEOL	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).