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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Hepatoprotective	7	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	1	Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hypercholesterolemic	3	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypnotic	1	Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypocholesterolemic	10	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	6	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	1	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.