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

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
ISOORIENTIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Fruit	0.0	2.8	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	230.0	5822.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Cotyledon	35100.0	486700.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	220.0	5570.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	66900.0	170468.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Cotyledon	not available	312200.0	1.17	Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM	11	Fruit	0.2	0.6	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	220.0	5570.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
LYSOLECITHIN	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	101.0	7000.0	2.26	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	0.5	98.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
MELOSIDE-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Fruit	0.0	0.1	1.50	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	40.0	1012.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
MEVALONIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	3.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Fruit	0.1	2.8	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Fruit	30.0	759.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
MULTIFLORINEOL	0	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
Antistaphylococcic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistress	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke	3	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
Antisunburn	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	5	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
Antithiamin	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antithyroid	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor	15	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.