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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BUTANE-1,3-DIOL 0 Fruit *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL 0 Fruit *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.0 0.3 0.33 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit 11.0 -0.34 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 431.0 1670.0 -0.50 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit 20.0 530.0 3.84 *
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit *
CAPSAICIN 44 Fruit 100.0 4000.0 -1.00 *
CAPSAICIN 44 Resin, Exudate, Sap 634000.0 *
CAPSAICIN 44 Tissue Culture 590.0 *
CAPSANTHIN 2 Fruit 1.0 2820.0 *
CAPSANTHIN-3,6-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit 0.0 165.0 *
CAPSANTHIN-5,6-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit 0.0 185.0 *
CAPSANTHONE 0 Fruit 0.0 45.0 *
CAPSIAMIDE 0 Fruit 20.0 200.0 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAPSIAMIDE 0 Plant *
CAPSIANOSIDE-A 1 Fruit 33.0 250.0 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-B 0 Fruit 2.0 18.0 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-C 1 Fruit 35.0 103.0 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-D 1 Fruit 21.0 38.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimange 1 *
Antimanic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiMD 1 *
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 2 *
Antimelanomic 5 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 5 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimigraine 6 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 *
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 21 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.