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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Capparis spinosa (Capparaceae)

Common Names
Caper; Caperbush
How this plant is used
Food

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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
Prooxidant 1 *
Propecic 4 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 2 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 2 *
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 3 Tawfig,N. Heaney,R.K.,Plumb,J.A.,Fenwick,G.R.,Musk,S.R.R.,Williamson,G.1995. Dietary Glucosinolates as Blocking Agents Against Carcinogenesis: Glucosinolate Breakdown Products Assessed Induction of Quinone Reductase Activity I.Carcinogenesis 16(5)119-1194
Radioprotective 1 *
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirodepressant 1 *
Rodenticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sedative 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.
Sequestrant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Sunscreen 1 *
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 1 Martindale's 28th