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
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	10.0	253.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	3.0	76.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Fruit	0.0	1.3	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Fruit	1400.0	80000.0	4.58	Duke, 1992 *
NON-TRANS-2-EN-AL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-AL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONADIEN-2,6-AL-1	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONADIEN-2,6-OL-2	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONEN-2-AL-1	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Cotyledon	55200.0	241000.0	0.92	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	20.0	506.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	116100.0	180000.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Cotyledon	213200.0	504700.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	270.0	6835.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	12420.0	20400.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	2.5	63.0	2.86	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADEC-CIS-8-EN-1-AL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE	2	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
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	4	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant	2	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Parasiticide	1	Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant	2	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery	4	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide	21	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *