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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
L-STACHYDRINE	0	Leaf	not available	100.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Flower	700.0	2115.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	142200.0	183600.0	0.66	Wealth of India.
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Flower	277.0	2162.0	1.36	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	132720.0	165600.0	0.38	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OXALIC-ACID	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Flower	not available	1123.0	-1.10	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	11060.0	16200.0	-0.37	Wealth of India.
PECTIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS	0	Flower	not available	40000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	not available	1350.0	-0.67	Wealth of India.
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	138000.0	179000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	190000.0	220000.0	-0.12	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses

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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.