Plant Capparis spinosa (Capparaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Caper; Caperbush

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
FAT	0	Flower	not available	4700.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	not available	37500.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	4900.0	15000.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	316000.0	360000.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	68000.0	79000.0	-1.02	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOCAPANGULIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOCAPPARIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOCAPPARIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUCOCLEOMIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOIBERIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCURONIC-ACID	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-GLUCOSINOLATES	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Fruit	not available	699.0	3.46	Wealth of India.
IRON	6	Leaf	not available	720.0	0.90	Wealth of India.
ISOTHIOCYANATE-GYLCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-STACHYDRINE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
L-STACHYDRINE	0	Fruit	not available	370.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidifier	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	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	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *