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
VALINE	3	Fruit	360.0	4910.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLOYL-GLUCOSE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLYL-CAPROYLAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLYL-DECANAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLYL-OCTANAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Fruit	2.0	205.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Fruit	2.0	22.0	2.32	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER	0	Fruit	742000.0	937000.0	0.72	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
XANTHOPHYLL-EPOXIDE	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.
XYLOSE	3	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.
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Fruit	1.4	1525.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ZETA-CAROTENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	2.0	7.7	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM	0	Fruit	1.4	2.0	-0.33	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
Bruchifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	12	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	41	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	9	Economou, D., and Nahrstedt, A. 1991. Chemical, Physiological, and Toxicological Aspects of the Essential Oil of Some Species of the Genus Bystropogon*. Planta Medica, 57: 347, 1991.
Candidistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective	2	Martindale's 29th
Carcinogenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac	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.
Cardiodepressant	4	Martindale's 29th
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	13	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	3	Abstract (See species file)