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Plant 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
CAPSIANOSIDE-E 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-F 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-I 1 Fruit not available 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-II 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-III 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-IV 0 Fruit not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-V 0 Fruit not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANSIDE-A 0 Fruit not available 300.0 not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CAPSICOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSICOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSICOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSICOSIDE A-2 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSICOSIDE A-3 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSICOSIDE B-2 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSICOSIDE C-2 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSICOSIDE C-3 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSICOSIDE E 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSICOSIDE-A-1 0 Root not available 530.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSICOSIDE-B-1 0 Root not available 620.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSICOSIDE-C-1 0 Root not available 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.