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.
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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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidandruff	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant	8	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidepressant?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic?	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Acetaminophen)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.