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Plant Capparis spinosa (Capparaceae)

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
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE-7-O-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 56.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 44.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-[6''-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL-6''-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL]-BETA-DD-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 185.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-BETA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Flower 0.9 2.2 -0.95 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTINASE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTINOSE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf not available 850.0 -0.50 Wealth of India.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Flower not available 348.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *