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
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	158.0	12600.0	2.85	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Plant	not available	0.2	-0.53	Booth, S. L., Suttie, J. W. 1998. Dietary intake and adequacy of vitamin K. J. Nutrition, 128(5): 785-788.
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	14.0	3544.0	3.35	Duke, 1992 *
PL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	1465.0	72500.0	4.83	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Fruit	120.0	3038.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
PROPANAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	5120.0	142772.0	0.45	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Fruit	510.0	12911.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.2	5.1	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Fruit	0.4	19.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Fruit	0.0	2.8	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Fruit	160.0	4051.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Fruit	330.0	8354.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Fruit	10.0	1000.0	2.64	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Fruit	0.0	0.1	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	16.0	714.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.