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Botanical Name |
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Cucumis sativus L. |
English
Name |
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Cucumber |
Synonym(s) |
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Cucumis sativus L. var. hardwickii (Royle) Alef., Cucumis hardwickii Royle |
Family |
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Cucurbitaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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It is a trailing annual plant. |
| Herb Effects |
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The seed is cooling, diuretic, tonic and vermifuge. hypothermic. The fruit is depurative, diuretic, emollient, purgative and resolvent; emollient and tones the skin. as well as protects it from the sun. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Alpha-amyrin, alpha-spinasterol, alpha-tocopherol, beta-amyrin, beta-carotene, beta-sitosterol, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, cucurbitacin- A, B, C, D, E, I, cucurbitin, feruclic acid, folacin, linolenic acid, lupeol, niacin, oleic acid, 14-alpha-methyl-D-phytosterol (aerial part); shikimate dehydrogenase (from pulp of fruit) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Alpha-amyrin |
638-95-9 |
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,12,1
4b-octamethyl-2,3,4a
,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,
12a,14,14a
-tetrade
cahydro-1H-picen-3-o
l |
C30H50O |
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| alpha-Spinasterol |
481-18-5 |
17-(5-ethyl-6-methyl
-hept-3-en-2-yl)-10,
13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,
6,9,11,12,
14,15,16
,17-dodecahydro-1H-c
yclopenta[a]phenanth
ren-3-ol |
C29H48O |
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| alpha-Tocopherol |
364-50-1 |
2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-
2-(5,9,13-trimethylt
etradecyl)chroman-6-
ol |
C30H52O2 |
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| beta-Amyrin |
559-70-6 |
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,11,1
4b-octamethyl-1,2,3,
4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,1
2a,14,14a-
tetradec
ahydropicen-3-ol |
C30H50O |
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| beta-Carotene |
Not Available |
3,7,12,16-tetramethy
l-1,18-bis(2,6,6-tri
methyl-1-cyclohexeny
l)-octadec
a-1,3,5,
7,9,11,13,15,17-nona
ene |
C40H56 |
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| beta-Sitosterol |
5779-62-4 |
17-(5-ethyl-6-methyl
-heptan-2-yl)-10,13-
dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9
,11,12,14,
15,16,17
-dodecahydro-1H-cycl
openta[a]phenanthren
-3-ol |
C29H50O |
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| Caffeic acid |
Not Available |
3-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)prop-2-enoic acid |
C9H8O4 |
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| Chlorogenic acid |
327-97-9 |
3-[3-(3,4-dihydroxyp
henyl)prop-2-enoylox
y]-1,4,5-trihydroxy-
cyclohexan
e-1-carb
oxylic acid |
C16H18O9 |
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| Feruclic acid |
24276-84-4 |
3-(4-hydroxy-3-metho
xy-phenyl)prop-2-eno
ic acid |
C10H10O4 |
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| Folacin |
6484-89-5 |
2-[4-[(2-amino-4-oxo
-1H-pteridin-6-yl)me
thylamino]benzoyl]am
inopentane
dioic
acid |
C19H19N7O6 |
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| Linolenic acid |
94138-91-7 |
octadeca-9,12,15-tri
enoic acid |
C18H30O2 |
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| Lupeol |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C30H50O |
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| Niacin |
99148-57-9 |
pyridine-3-carboxyli
c acid |
C6H5NO2 |
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| Oleic acid |
8046-01-3 |
Octadec-9-enoic acid |
C18H34O2 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Cucumber seeds possess similar properties to those of the allied Pumpkin (Cucurbita Pepo, Linn.) which are distinctly diuretic, but mainly employed as a very efficient taeniacide. The leaf juice is emetic, it is used to treat dyspepsia in children. The fresh fruit is used internally in the treatment of blemished skin, heat rash etc, whilst it is used externally as a poultice for burns, sores etc and also as a cosmetic for softening the skin. |
| Reference |
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 Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.
The Himalaya Drug Company. |
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