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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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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
LANOSTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LATOXANTHIN 0 Fruit 1.0 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Fruit 0.0 2.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 440.0 6002.0 0.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIGUSTRAZINE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 2190.0 29871.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM 11 Fruit 0.3 0.4 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
LOPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.0 50.0 3.49 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Fruit not available 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-APIOGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOXANTHIN-1 0 Fruit 2.0 40.0 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
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsoriatic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipsychotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyruvetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiradicular 10 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiRNA 1 Duke, 1992 *