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
LUTEOXANTHIN-2	0	Fruit	7.0	110.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	380.0	5183.0	0.28	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	604.0	2340.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALONIC-ACID	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALTOL	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	0.4	1.4	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
MARGARIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MERCURY	1	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	100.0	1364.0	0.50	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MOLYBDENUM	2	Fruit	0.0	15.0	2.52	Duke, 1992 *
MUTATOXANTHIN-1	0	Fruit	0.0	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUTATOXANTHIN-2	0	Fruit	0.5	295.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Fruit	not available	1.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	10.0	136.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
N-(13-METHYLTETRADECYL)ACETAMIDE	0	Fruit	300.0	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-CIS-FERULOYL-TYRAMINE	0	Root	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-ANILINE	0	Fruit	not available	13.1	not available	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.