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
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	90.0	2278.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Fruit	170.0	4304.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Fruit	0.5	13.0	0.81	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	944000.0	971000.0	0.87	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	2.0	157.0	3.81	Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM	0	Fruit	1.2	2.8	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *