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
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
Antitriglyceride	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	1	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antituberculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	20	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colorectal)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *