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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | 10.0 | 253.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Fruit | 3.0 | 76.0 | 0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Fruit | 0.0 | 1.3 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Fruit | 1400.0 | 80000.0 | 4.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NON-TRANS-2-EN-AL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-AL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONADIEN-2,6-AL-1 | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONADIEN-2,6-OL-2 | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONEN-2-AL-1 | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OBTUSIFOLIOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Cotyledon | 55200.0 | 241000.0 | 0.92 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit | 20.0 | 506.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 116100.0 | 180000.0 | 0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Cotyledon | 213200.0 | 504700.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Fruit | 270.0 | 6835.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 12420.0 | 20400.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Fruit | 2.5 | 63.0 | 2.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTADEC-CIS-8-EN-1-AL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHATIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimenorrhagic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 3 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Antimigraine | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimitotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimorphinic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiMS | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyalgic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimyelotoxic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineoplastic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |