Plant Capsicum annuum (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bell Pepper; Green Pepper; Cherry Pepper; Sweet Pepper; Cone Pepper; Paprika

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	1200.0	16504.0	0.83	Duke, 1992 *
AUROCHROME	0	Fruit	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.
AUROXANTHIN-1	0	Fruit	0.0	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AUROXANTHIN-2	0	Fruit	0.0	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Fruit	2.0	8.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-APO-8'-CAROTENAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	25.0	95.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE-EPOXIDE	0	Fruit	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.
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	1.0	510.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit	60.0	1190.0	0.77	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BORON	4	Fruit	1.0	74.0	0.69	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Fruit	0.1	111.0	3.33	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BUTANAL-2-METHYL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANAL-3-METHYL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	19	Duke, 1992 *
Anaphylactic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anti-LDL	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	11	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.