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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |