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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Capparis spinosa (Capparaceae)

Common Names
Caper, Caperbush
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALKALOIDS 0 Fruit 740.0 -0.73 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 200.0 -0.60 *
ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Flower 260.0 2300.0 -0.13 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 1335.0 -0.20 Wealth of India.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 710.0 -0.38 Wealth of India.
ASH 0 Flower 79000.0 140000.0 1.63 *
ASH 0 Leaf 132000.0 0.23 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 4 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 5500.0 -0.88 Wealth of India.
CAPPAPRENOLS 0 Leaf *
CAPPAPRENOLS 0 Root *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 477000.0 537000.0 -0.60 *
CHOLINE 20 Fruit 370.0 -0.53 *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf 100.0 -0.48 *
CHOLINE 20 Plant *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant *
COUMARIN 57 Plant *
DEXTROSE 1 Flower *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 4 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 5 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *