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Common Names
Cucumber
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPERMIDINE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SQUALENE | 10 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Cotyledon | 28800.0 | 59100.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Fruit | 30.0 | 759.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 11100.0 | 69785.0 | 0.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STELLASTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMAST-7,22,25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMAST-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STRONTIUM | 0 | Fruit | 4.0 | 98.0 | 0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGAR | 0 | Fruit | not available | 10000.0 | -1.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL | 0 | Petiole | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Fruit | 140.0 | 5250.0 | 2.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 0.3 | 7.6 | 0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Fruit | 150.0 | 3797.0 | 0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIRUCALLOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TITANIUM | 0 | Fruit | 0.3 | 18.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Fruit | 40.0 | 1012.0 | 0.23 | 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 * |