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
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	1.0	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	220.0	3001.0	0.21	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	22.0	284.0	3.25	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Fruit	not available	382.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3)	0	Fruit	not available	382.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN	1	Fruit	0.5	165.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIIN	4	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.
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ARGININE	14	Fruit	410.0	5592.0	0.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	230.0	20982.0	1.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	13416.0	52000.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	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.

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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.