Plant Cucumis sativus (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cucumber

How this plant is used

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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
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	158.0	12600.0	2.85	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Plant	not available	0.2	-0.53	Booth, S. L., Suttie, J. W. 1998. Dietary intake and adequacy of vitamin K. J. Nutrition, 128(5): 785-788.
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	14.0	3544.0	3.35	Duke, 1992 *
PL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	1465.0	72500.0	4.83	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Fruit	120.0	3038.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
PROPANAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	5120.0	142772.0	0.45	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Fruit	510.0	12911.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.2	5.1	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Fruit	0.4	19.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Fruit	0.0	2.8	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Fruit	160.0	4051.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Fruit	330.0	8354.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Fruit	10.0	1000.0	2.64	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Fruit	0.0	0.1	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	16.0	714.0	-0.12	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
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).