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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
HESPERIDIN 31 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HEXADECANE 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Fruit *
HEXANAL 5 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
HEXANOIC-ACID 2 Fruit *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 170.0 2319.0 0.43 *
HOMOCAPSAICIN 0 Fruit 2.0 90.0 *
HOMOCAPSAICIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 3000.0 *
HOMODIHYDROCAPSAICIN 0 Fruit 2.0 90.0 *
HOMODIHYDROCAPSAICIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
HYDROXY-ALPHA-CAROTENE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
IRON 6 Fruit 4.0 14.0 -0.47 *
ISOHEXYL-ISOCAPROATE 0 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 270.0 3683.0 0.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KARPOXANTHIN 0 Fruit 0.5 150.0 *
L-ASPARAGINASE 4 Fruit *
L-ASPARIGINASE 0 Fruit *
LANOST-8-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
LANOSTENOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
Histaminic 2 *
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypnotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 22 *
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 12 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 3 *
Hypotensive 16 *
Hypothermic 3 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 11 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.