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
ALKALOIDS	0	Fruit	not available	740.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Leaf	not available	200.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	260.0	2300.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	not available	1335.0	-0.20	Wealth of India.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	710.0	-0.38	Wealth of India.
ASH	0	Flower	79000.0	140000.0	1.63	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	not available	5500.0	-0.88	Wealth of India.
CAPPAPRENOLS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPPAPRENOLS	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	477000.0	537000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Fruit	not available	370.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Leaf	not available	100.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN	57	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEXTROSE	1	Flower	not available	not available	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
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Kidney)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticanker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichorea	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *