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
7,22-STIGMASTADIEN-3BETA-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-STIGMASTEN-3BETA-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Fruit	180.0	4557.0	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	290.0	7342.0	2.17	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	0.4	38.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	0.4	21000.0	5.89	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	340.0	8608.0	1.15	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	0.0	0.3	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	3670.0	140000.0	2.16	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	320.0	8101.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Fruit	2.0	70.0	2.29	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.3	8.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PYRAZOL-1-YL-ALANINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Fruit	1.0	46.0	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
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Astringent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bruchifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	24	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	3	Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	10	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	3	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	5	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.