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Plant Capparis spinosa (Capparaceae)

Common Names
Caper; Caperbush
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE-7-O-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 56.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 44.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-[6''-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL-6''-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL]-BETA-DD-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 185.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-BETA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Flower 0.9 2.2 -0.95 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTINASE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTINOSE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf not available 850.0 -0.50 Wealth of India.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Flower not available 348.0 0.13 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.