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
SPERMIDINE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Cotyledon	28800.0	59100.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	30.0	759.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	11100.0	69785.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
STELLASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-7,22,25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Fruit	4.0	98.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Fruit	not available	10000.0	-1.21	Duke, 1992 *
SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL	0	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Fruit	140.0	5250.0	2.67	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.3	7.6	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Fruit	150.0	3797.0	0.32	Duke, 1992 *
TIRUCALLOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Fruit	0.3	18.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	40.0	1012.0	0.23	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.