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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
N-NITROSO-DIMETHYLAMINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NITROSO-PYRROLIDINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTYL-AMINE 0 Fruit not available 3.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
N-PROPYL-AMINE 0 Fruit not available 2.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-FERULOYL-OCTOPAMINE 0 Root 1.0 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-FERULOYL-TYRAMINE 0 Root not available 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-OCTOPAMINE 0 Root not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-TYRAMINE 0 Root not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-VANILLYL-N-NONAMIDE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN 2 Fruit 0.0 18.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
NH3 0 Fruit not available 382.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 21.0 80.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.1 5.5 0.89 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 1900.0 23330.0 0.61 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NONADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
NONANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE 0 Fruit 2.0 45.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NONIVAMIDE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORCAPSAICINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 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
Antiaggregant 12 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic 2 Yakugaku Zasshi, 111: 193, 1991.
Antiallergic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 5 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.