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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Disinfectant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Diuretic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DME-Inhibitor | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134. |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Emetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Fatal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 5 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemorrhagic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hemostat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |