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
ALKALOIDS	0	Fruit	not available	740.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Leaf	not available	200.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	260.0	2300.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	not available	1335.0	-0.20	Wealth of India.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	710.0	-0.38	Wealth of India.
ASH	0	Flower	79000.0	140000.0	1.63	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	not available	5500.0	-0.88	Wealth of India.
CAPPAPRENOLS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPPAPRENOLS	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	477000.0	537000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Fruit	not available	370.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Leaf	not available	100.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN	57	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEXTROSE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	5	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Duke, 1992 *