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Common Names
Caper; Caperbush
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAT | 0 | Flower | not available | 4700.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | not available | 37500.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 4900.0 | 15000.0 | -0.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 316000.0 | 360000.0 | 0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 68000.0 | 79000.0 | -1.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOCAPANGULIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOCAPPARIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOCAPPARIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| GLUCOCLEOMIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOIBERIN | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCURONIC-ACID | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INDOLE-GLUCOSINOLATES | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Fruit | not available | 699.0 | 3.46 | Wealth of India. |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | not available | 720.0 | 0.90 | Wealth of India. |
| ISOTHIOCYANATE-GYLCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-STACHYDRINE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| L-STACHYDRINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 370.0 | not available | 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. |