Belongs to plants of the set squash, descends about northwest India. The nutritional value of cucumbers small, but appreciated it by the taste and contents of many compounds, which are useful influence digestion and neutralize parasitic acids in an organism.  The cucumbers contain including: soda salt, potassium, magnesium, calcium, manganese, iron, cuprum, Zinc, phosphorus, fluorine, chlorine,
Iodine, Carotinum, biotin, vitamins: B1, B2, B6, B12, C; acids: nicotinic, pantothenic, folic, oxalic.

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