An official website of the United States government.
Common Names
Chinese Cucumber
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Select a Results View:
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTA-7,22,25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 24-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTA-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 24-ETHYL-5ALPHA-CHOLESTA-5,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-7,24(25)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-STIGMASTEROL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SPINASTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-6'-(Z,Z)-9,12-OCTADECADIENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-6'-PALMITYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-PALMITATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SPINASTERYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TRICHOSANTHIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COMPOUND-Q | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-7-CAMPESTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-7-STIGMASTENOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-7-STIGMASTENOL-6'-(Z,Z)-9,12-OCTADECADIENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-7-STIGMASTENOL-6'-PALMITYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abortifacient | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allergenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiacne | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| AntiAIDS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antibacterial | 1 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |