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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Capsicum annuum (Solanaceae)

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.
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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 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Fruit 20000.0 1.73 *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Fruit *
DI-N-PROPYL-AMINE 0 Fruit 0.3 *
DIHYDROCAPSAICIN 1 Fruit 75.0 1628.0 *
DIHYDROCAPSAICIN 1 Resin, Exudate, Sap 318000.0 *
DIHYDROCAPSAICIN 1 Tissue Culture *
DIMETHOXY-BENZYLMETHYLOCTAMIDE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
DIN-N-PROPYL-AMINE 0 Fruit 0.3 *
EO 0 Fruit 1290.0 5000.0 -0.72 *
EPSILON-CAROTENE 1 Fruit *
ERIODICTIN 0 Fruit 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 *
ETHYL-ACETATE 6 Fruit *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit *
FAT 0 Fruit 2000.0 144000.0 0.46 *
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 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Fruit 258000.0 1.53 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Deodorant 3 Merck 11th Edition
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermal 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 2 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic 2 *
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Digestive 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 14 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 *
Dye 2 Merck 11th Edition
Embryotoxic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Emetic 4 Martindale's 29th
Emmenagogue 1 Wealth of India.
Encephalopathic 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92.