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
STRONTIUM	0	Fruit	2.0	12.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Fruit	18060.0	70000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Fruit	190.0	2440.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	1.0	15.0	1.24	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMINE	0	Fruit	1.0	4.2	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Fruit	310.0	4228.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Fruit	1.3	5.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Fruit	0.4	16.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL	93	Fruit	not available	24.0	-0.49	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TOLUENE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Seed	not available	0.6	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	110.0	1500.0	0.91	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN-PYRROLO-OXYGENASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	180.0	2455.0	0.02	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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 *