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
BUTYRIC-ACID	6	Seed	1200.0	1700.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Fruit	0.0	0.6	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	129.0	10000.0	1.42	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	29100.0	736709.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	0.0	1.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLINE	5	Fruit	not available	146.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
CLADOCHROMES	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Fruit	0.0	0.1	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	0.3	42.0	2.27	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-A	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-B	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-C	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-D	4	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-E	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-I	6	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITIN	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	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
Propecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Schistosomicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative	4	Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen	4	Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TOPO-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *