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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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Camphor) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Morphine) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepitheleomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesherichic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.