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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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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Camphor) 1 *
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Morphine) 1 *
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 1 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidyspeptic 1 *
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 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 *
Antiepitheleomic 1 *
Antierythemic 1 *
Antiescherichic 1 *
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.