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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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisterility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisunburn 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 7 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
Antitachycardic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antithalassemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombotic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithromboxane-B2 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
Antithyroid 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitoxemic 1 Duke, 1992 *