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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	14	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	3	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective	2	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	4	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiodepressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebroprotective	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cerebrotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Circulatory-Stimulant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.