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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Seed 1200.0 1700.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.0 0.6 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 129.0 10000.0 1.42 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 29100.0 736709.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.0 1.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLINE 5 Fruit not available 146.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
CLADOCHROMES 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.3 42.0 2.27 Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-A 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-B 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-C 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-D 4 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-E 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-I 6 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITIN 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 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
Antinitrosaminic 3 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinociceptive 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antionychyotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoarthritic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteoporotic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxalate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 21 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant 4 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th