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
BUTANE-1,3-DIOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Fruit	0.0	0.3	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Fruit	not available	11.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	431.0	1670.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Fruit	20.0	530.0	3.84	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSAICIN	44	Fruit	100.0	4000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSAICIN	44	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	634000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSAICIN	44	Tissue Culture	not available	590.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSANTHIN	2	Fruit	1.0	2820.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSANTHIN-3,6-EPOXIDE	0	Fruit	0.0	165.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSANTHIN-5,6-EPOXIDE	0	Fruit	0.0	185.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSANTHONE	0	Fruit	0.0	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIAMIDE	0	Fruit	20.0	200.0	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAPSIAMIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-A	1	Fruit	33.0	250.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-B	0	Fruit	2.0	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-C	1	Fruit	35.0	103.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-D	1	Fruit	21.0	38.0	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
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	14	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMP-Inhibitor	1	Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
Contraceptive	2	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Cosmetic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Culicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor	2	Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	9	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.