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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Cucumis sativus (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Cucumber
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CYCLOEUCALENOL 3 Seed *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 30.0 759.0 -0.28 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Petiole *
EUPHOL 1 Seed *
FAT 0 Fruit 900.0 43037.0 -0.31 *
FAT 0 Seed 300000.0 425000.0 0.84 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit *
FIBER 15 Fruit 6000.0 151896.0 0.10 *
FLUORINE 0 Fruit *
FOLACIN 15 Fruit 0.1 4.0 0.80 *
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-BETA-PYRAZOL-1-YL-ALANINE 0 Seed *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1540.0 38987.0 2.00 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 190.0 4810.0 0.47 *
GRAMISTEROL 0 Seed *
HEXANAL 5 Fruit *
HEXEN-(2)-AL-(1) 0 Fruit *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 80.0 2025.0 0.22 *
IRON 6 Fruit 2.6 420.0 1.14 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 170.0 4303.0 0.20 *
ISOMULTIFLORINEOL 0 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Propecic 5 *
Prostaglandigenic 2 *
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 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schistosomicide 1 *
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 4 *
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 *