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
CIS-BETA-CAROTENE	0	Fruit	1.0	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CRYPTOXANTHIN	0	Fruit	0.0	65.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	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.
CITROSTADIENOL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITROXANTHIN	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.
CITRULLIN	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.
COBALT	2	Fruit	4.0	15.1	1.29	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	0.5	20.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOCAPSIN	0	Fruit	0.2	75.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACHROME	0	Fruit	0.0	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITAXANTHIN-A	0	Fruit	1.0	610.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITAXANTHIN-B	0	Fruit	0.0	110.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTANOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOEUCALENOL	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOHEXANONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOPENTANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOVIOLAXANTHIN	0	Fruit	0.0	70.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYNAROSIDE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	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.