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
CAPSICOSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIDIOL	3	Fruit	not available	29.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIDIOL	3	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSOCHROME	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSOLUTEIN	0	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.
CAPSORUBIN	1	Fruit	0.0	260.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	175956.0	682000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
CARNAUBIC-ACID	0	Seed	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.
CAROTENOIDS	0	Fruit	115.0	9945.0	1.91	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROPHYLL	21	Fruit	0.0	195.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Pericarp	not available	297.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	360.0	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-13'-CAPSANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-9'-CAPSANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-9,10-DIHYDRO-CAPSENONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	1.0	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 *