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
FAT	0	Flower	not available	4700.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	not available	37500.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	4900.0	15000.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	316000.0	360000.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	68000.0	79000.0	-1.02	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOCAPANGULIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOCAPPARIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOCAPPARIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUCOCLEOMIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOIBERIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCURONIC-ACID	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-GLUCOSINOLATES	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Fruit	not available	699.0	3.46	Wealth of India.
IRON	6	Leaf	not available	720.0	0.90	Wealth of India.
ISOTHIOCYANATE-GYLCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-STACHYDRINE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
L-STACHYDRINE	0	Fruit	not available	370.0	not available	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
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antianxiety	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	8	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibrucellosic	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	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.