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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
CAPSICOSIN 0 Plant *
CAPSIDIOL 3 Fruit 29.0 *
CAPSIDIOL 3 Tissue Culture *
CAPSOCHROME 0 Fruit *
CAPSOLUTEIN 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAPSORUBIN 1 Fruit 0.0 260.0 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 175956.0 682000.0 -0.54 *
CARNAUBIC-ACID 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAROTENOIDS 0 Fruit 115.0 9945.0 1.91 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Fruit *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf *
CHLOROPHYLL 21 Fruit 0.0 195.0 0.22 *
CHOLINE 20 Pericarp 297.0 -1.00 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed 360.0 -1.24 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.0 -0.51 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Tissue Culture *
CIS-13'-CAPSANTHIN 0 Fruit *
CIS-9'-CAPSANTHIN 0 Fruit *
CIS-9,10-DIHYDRO-CAPSENONE 0 Tissue Culture 1.0 *
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