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
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
Teratologic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Thyrotropic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	6	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.