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
Antitumor (Prostate)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	5	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 (Thyroid)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	4	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	18	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiurethrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	17	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiwrinkle	1	Martindale's 28th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.