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Plant Cucumis sativus (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Cucumber
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ISOORIENTIN 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Fruit 0.0 2.8 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 230.0 5822.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Cotyledon 35100.0 486700.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 220.0 5570.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 66900.0 170468.0 0.54 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Cotyledon not available 312200.0 1.17 Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM 11 Fruit 0.2 0.6 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 220.0 5570.0 0.38 Duke, 1992 *
LYSOLECITHIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 101.0 7000.0 2.26 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 0.5 98.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
MELOSIDE-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Fruit 0.0 0.1 1.50 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 40.0 1012.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
MEVALONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 3.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Fruit 0.1 2.8 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Fruit 30.0 759.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
MULTIFLORINEOL 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
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.