[Review on nonessential constituents of vegetables. I. Cumcumbers, melons, squashes and pumpkins, bell peppers, eggplants, peas, beans, and broad beans (author's transl)].

In this paper the known constituents of the vegetables mentioned in the title are reviewed, except for proteins, carbohydrates, triglyceride-fatty acids, and vitamins, with particular emphasis on volatiles, organic acids, phenolics, crotenoids, sterols, bitter principles, nonprotein-N-compounds.