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
7,22-STIGMASTADIEN-3BETA-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-STIGMASTEN-3BETA-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Fruit	180.0	4557.0	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	290.0	7342.0	2.17	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	0.4	38.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	0.4	21000.0	5.89	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	340.0	8608.0	1.15	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	0.0	0.3	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	3670.0	140000.0	2.16	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	320.0	8101.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Fruit	2.0	70.0	2.29	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.3	8.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PYRAZOL-1-YL-ALANINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Fruit	1.0	46.0	0.12	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
Antilepric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	1	Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary*, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimanic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.