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Authors thank the SERB (PDF/2016/002856) (Govt. of India) for financial support and Knowledge Resource Center-NEERI for checking plagiarism. (KRC No.:CSIR-NEERI/KRC/2021/Jan/EMD/1). SC acknowledges Director-NEERI for his overall support.

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*Health Beneficial Effects of Cucumber*

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96053*

*Health Beneficial Effects of Cucumber DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96053*

*Cucumber Economic Values and Its Cultivation and Breeding*

Vitamin E 0.05 IU

Boron 0.00 mg

Cucumber is an excellent and unusual food. A cup of cucumber contained 16 calorie with its peel (15 without) and 4 percent of your daily potassium, 3 percent of your daily fiber and 4 percent of your daily vitamin C. Cucumbers also contained small amounts of vitamin K, vitamin C, magnesium, potassium, manganese and vitamin A among them Vitamin K is very important for bone health. Vitamin K intake reduces fracture rates, and combine work with vitamin D can increase bone density and positively affect calcium balance. Vitamin K helps in building bones and the effects seem to be important for women. Low vitamin K levels were associated with low bone density in women, but not in men. Low intakes of vitamin K were associated with an increased risk of hip fractures in middle-age women.

**Nutrient Amount DRI/DV (%)**

Calcium 16.64 mg 2 Chloride 0.00 — Chromium 0.00 — Copper 0.04 4 Fluoride 0.00 0 Iodine 0.00 mg — Iron 0.29 mg 2 Magnesium 13.52 mg 3 Manganese 0.08 mg 3 Molybdenum 5.20 mcg 12 Phosphorus 24.96 mg 4 Potassium 152.88 mg 3 selenium 0.31 mcg 1 Sodium 2.08 mg 0 Zinc 0.21 mg 2 *The nutrient profiles provided in this chapter are derived from The Food Processor, Version 10.12.0, ESHA Research,* 

**Cucumber, sliced, raw 1.00 cup (104.00 grams) calorie-16**

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