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Plant Capparis spinosa (Capparaceae)

Common Names
Caper; Caperbush
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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.