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
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.
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 *