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
SPERMIDINE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Cotyledon	28800.0	59100.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	30.0	759.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	11100.0	69785.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
STELLASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-7,22,25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Fruit	4.0	98.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Fruit	not available	10000.0	-1.21	Duke, 1992 *
SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL	0	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Fruit	140.0	5250.0	2.67	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.3	7.6	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Fruit	150.0	3797.0	0.32	Duke, 1992 *
TIRUCALLOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Fruit	0.3	18.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	40.0	1012.0	0.23	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.