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Plant Cucumis sativus (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Cucumber
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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.
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 *