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
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	1.0	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	220.0	3001.0	0.21	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	22.0	284.0	3.25	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Fruit	not available	382.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3)	0	Fruit	not available	382.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN	1	Fruit	0.5	165.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIIN	4	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.
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ARGININE	14	Fruit	410.0	5592.0	0.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	230.0	20982.0	1.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	13416.0	52000.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	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.

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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.