1. Anti-tumor: cucumber contains cucurbitacin C has the effect of improving the body's immune function, can achieve the purpose of anti-tumor. This

In addition, the substance can also treat chronic hepatitis;

2. anti-aging: the old cucumber is rich in vitamin E, can play a prolonged life, anti-aging role

use; cucumber enzyme in the cucumber, there is a strong biological activity, can effectively promote the body's metabolism. With cucumber mashed juice coated skin, there are moisturizing,

stretching wrinkles effect;

3. anti-alcohol poisoning:

cucumber contains alanine, arginine and glutamine on the liver patients, especially for alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver patients with a certain role in the adjuvant therapy, can prevent alcohol poisoning;

4. lowering blood glucose:

cucumber contained in the Glucoside, fructose, etc. are not involved in the usual sugar metabolism, so diabetics to cucumber instead of starchy food to fill the hunger, blood glucose is not only will not rise, and even lower;

5. Fertilizer and strong body:

Cucumber contained in the propanoledioic acid, which can inhibit the transformation of sugar substances into fat. In addition, the cucumber in the fiber to promote the human intestinal corruption of the elimination of substances, as well as reduce cholesterol has a certain role, can be strong body.

Economic value:

Fruit cucumber plant all-female, nodes have melon, melon length 12-15 cm, no thorns, about 3 cm in diameter, strong flavor, good taste, crisp and sweet, dark green color, smooth and uniform, beautiful and good-looking. Planting fruit cucumber economic benefits for ordinary cucumber 3 times, very popularization value.

Fruit cucumber to keep the ground cultivation is mainly suitable for fall and winter heating greenhouse, winter and spring greenhouse and spring greenhouse planting, the plant has a section of multi-gourd characteristics, can be used as a special vegetable supply on New Year's Day, the Spring Festival and May Day. Growing potential, fruiting ability, resistance to mildew, powdery mildew, wilt disease, high yield potential, mu yield can reach more than 8000 kilograms, can be planted every year 2-3 crops.

Yichang City, Hubei, a fruit store owner's stall on the sale of the so-called beautifully packaged fruit cucumbers, this cucumber is small, usually only a dozen centimeters, looks green and delicate, very smooth, and the ordinary cucumber is very different, but the price of fruit cucumbers is quite expensive, a catty on the price of 5 yuan.

But a catty of cucumber in the market only sells about 1 yuan, right? The difference in price is so different, the quality is not different? Agricultural experts said, in fact, this cucumber and ordinary cucumber, in addition to taste, the two nutritional and no difference.

In fact, the mini cucumber does taste crisp, can be eaten as fruit. However, it and the general cucumber are melon vegetables, vitamin class nutrients are quite comparable, sugar and protein are less, there is no difference in nutritional value. In other words, there is only a difference in appearance, no nutritional difference.