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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
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE 0 Seed *
PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL 0 Seed *
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL 0 Seed *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 158.0 12600.0 2.85 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Plant 0.2 -0.53 Booth, S. L., Suttie, J. W. 1998. Dietary intake and adequacy of vitamin K. J. Nutrition, 128(5): 785-788.
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 14.0 3544.0 3.35 *
PL 0 Plant *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1465.0 72500.0 4.83 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 120.0 3038.0 -0.27 *
PROPANAL 0 Fruit *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 5120.0 142772.0 0.45 *
PUFA 4 Fruit 510.0 12911.0 0.08 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.2 5.1 0.02 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Fruit 0.4 19.0 0.00 *
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.0 2.8 0.31 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 160.0 4051.0 0.14 *
SFA 0 Fruit 330.0 8354.0 -0.20 *
SILICON 4 Fruit 10.0 1000.0 2.64 *
SILVER 3 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.35 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 16.0 714.0 -0.12 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Colon) 2 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 2 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th