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Plant Cucumis sativus (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Cucumber
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,3-DIAMINO-PROPANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
22-DIHYDRO-SPINASTEROL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
22-DIHYDROBRASSICASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24(R)-14ALPHA-METHYL-24-ETHYL-5ALPHA-CHOLEST-9(11)-EN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-BETA-ETHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROLATHOSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-EPSILON-ETHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROLOPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-EPSILON-ETHYL-31-NORLANOSTA-8,25(27)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed Oil not available 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYL-5ALPHA-CHOLESTA-7,22-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-5-EN-7BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROCYCLOARTANOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-CHOLEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-24-DIHYDRO-LANOSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-24-DIHYDRO-PARKEOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENEPOLLINASTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25(27)-DEHYDRO-CHONDRILLASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25(27)-DEHYDRO-FUNGISTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25(27)-DEHYDRO-PORIFERASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available 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
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 5 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Duke, 1992 *