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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1,1-DIETHOXY-2-METHYLPROPANE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,1-DIETHOXY-3-METHYLBUTANE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXANOL	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HYDROXY-PROPAN-2-ONE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYLPYRROLE-KETONE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-O-CAFFEOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-O-FERRULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
13-CIS-CAPSANTHIN	Fruit	0.0	205.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
13-CIS-ZEAXANTHIN	Fruit	2.0	43.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
15-CIS-ZEAXANTHIN	Fruit	0.0	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,3,5-TRIMETHYLPYRAZINE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,3-BUTANEDIOL	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,3-DIMETHYL-5-ETHYLPYRAZINE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,3-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-BUTANONE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEXANOL	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEXANONE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-3-METHYL-CYCLOPENT-2-EN-1-ONE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-3-ISOBUTYL-PYRAZINE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-5-ETHYLPYRAZINE	Fruit	not available	not available	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
Fungistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
GABA-nergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionalytic	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92.
Glutathionigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hallucinogenic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Hematopoietic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic	3	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemorrhagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatomegalic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	16	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	2	Lewis, E.J. and Friedrich, E.C. 1989. The Essential Oil of Poliomintha incana. Planta Medica 56(2): 224-226, 1990.
Hepatotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	10	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.