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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
CYCLOEUCALENOL 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 30.0 759.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUPHOL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 900.0 43037.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 300000.0 425000.0 0.84 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 6000.0 151896.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Fruit 0.1 4.0 0.80 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-BETA-PYRAZOL-1-YL-ALANINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1540.0 38987.0 2.00 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 190.0 4810.0 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
GRAMISTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANAL 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXEN-(2)-AL-(1) 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 80.0 2025.0 0.22 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 2.6 420.0 1.14 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 170.0 4303.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
ISOMULTIFLORINEOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiPMS 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolyneuritic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 3 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).