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
CYSTINE	2	Fruit	160.0	2182.0	1.20	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DECANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE	0	Fruit	1.0	68.0	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	20000.0	1.73	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DI-N-PROPYL-AMINE	0	Fruit	not available	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCAPSAICIN	1	Fruit	75.0	1628.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCAPSAICIN	1	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	318000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCAPSAICIN	1	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHOXY-BENZYLMETHYLOCTAMIDE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIN-N-PROPYL-AMINE	0	Fruit	not available	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Fruit	1290.0	5000.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
EPSILON-CAROTENE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTIN	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.
ETHYL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	2000.0	144000.0	0.46	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	100000.0	150000.0	-0.61	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FIBER	15	Fruit	12000.0	351000.0	1.98	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Fruit	not available	258000.0	1.53	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anxiolytic	8	Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Avifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.