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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Capsicum annuum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Bell Pepper, Green Pepper, Cherry Pepper, Sweet Pepper, Cone Pepper, Paprika
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
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1200.0 16504.0 0.83 *
AUROCHROME 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
AUROXANTHIN-1 0 Fruit 0.0 0.5 *
AUROXANTHIN-2 0 Fruit 0.0 0.5 *
BARIUM 0 Fruit 2.0 8.0 -0.89 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Fruit *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed *
BETA-APO-8'-CAROTENAL 0 Fruit *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 25.0 95.0 0.03 *
BETA-CAROTENE-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Fruit 1.0 510.0 1.00 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 60.0 1190.0 0.77 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BETAINE 14 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 74.0 0.69 *
BROMINE 0 Fruit 0.1 111.0 3.33 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BUTANAL-2-METHYL 0 Fruit *
BUTANAL-3-METHYL 0 Fruit *
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