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Common Names
Caper; Caperbush
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 11060.0 | 16200.0 | -0.21 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Flower | 0.7 | 0.7 | -1.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITAMIN-E | 75 | Seed | 42.0 | 50.0 | not available | Wealth of India. |
| VITAMIN-E | 75 | Seed Oil | not available | 1340.0 | not available | Wealth of India. |
| WATER | 0 | Flower | 696000.0 | 795000.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Leaf | not available | 696000.0 | -0.56 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| XYLOSE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |