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
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	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic	1	Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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.