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Plant Cucumis sativus (Cucurbitaceae)

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
1,3-DIAMINO-PROPANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
22-DIHYDRO-SPINASTEROL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
22-DIHYDROBRASSICASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24(R)-14ALPHA-METHYL-24-ETHYL-5ALPHA-CHOLEST-9(11)-EN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-BETA-ETHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROLATHOSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-EPSILON-ETHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROLOPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-EPSILON-ETHYL-31-NORLANOSTA-8,25(27)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed Oil not available 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYL-5ALPHA-CHOLESTA-7,22-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-5-EN-7BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROCYCLOARTANOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-CHOLEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-24-DIHYDRO-LANOSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-24-DIHYDRO-PARKEOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENEPOLLINASTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25(27)-DEHYDRO-CHONDRILLASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25(27)-DEHYDRO-FUNGISTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25(27)-DEHYDRO-PORIFERASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 Let's Live, May 1989.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *