Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Capparis spinosa (Capparaceae)

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
ALKALOIDS 0 Fruit 740.0 -0.73 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 200.0 -0.60 *
ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Flower 260.0 2300.0 -0.13 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 1335.0 -0.20 Wealth of India.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 710.0 -0.38 Wealth of India.
ASH 0 Flower 79000.0 140000.0 1.63 *
ASH 0 Leaf 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 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 4 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 5500.0 -0.88 Wealth of India.
CAPPAPRENOLS 0 Leaf *
CAPPAPRENOLS 0 Root *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 477000.0 537000.0 -0.60 *
CHOLINE 20 Fruit 370.0 -0.53 *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf 100.0 -0.48 *
CHOLINE 20 Plant *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant *
COUMARIN 57 Plant *
DEXTROSE 1 Flower *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antianorectic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antianxiety 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiapoplectic 1 (View) *
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 (View) *
Antiarthritic 4 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 1 (View) *
Antiatherosclerotic 6 (View) *
Antibackache 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 8 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 (View) *
Antibronchitic 1 (View) *
Antibrucellosic 1 (View) Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticalculic 1 (View) *
Anticancer 2 (View) *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View) Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.