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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 11060.0 16200.0 -0.21 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNIN 35 Plant *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Plant *
THIAMIN 31 Flower 0.7 0.7 -1.34 *
VITAMIN-E 75 Seed 42.0 50.0 Wealth of India.
VITAMIN-E 75 Seed Oil 1340.0 Wealth of India.
WATER 0 Flower 696000.0 795000.0 -0.11 *
WATER 0 Leaf 696000.0 -0.56 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
XYLOSE 3 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Teratologic 1 *
Thyrotropic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 *
Tranquilizer 1 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Varroacide 1 *
Vasodilator 6 *
Vasopressor 1 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 *
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.