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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.
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
PHENOL 26 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 260.0 3546.0 0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHODIESTERASE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 784.0 3040.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 90.0 1750.0 1.04 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
PIPERIDINE 10 Fruit not available 5.2 -1.41 Duke, 1992 *
PORPHOBILINOGEN-OXYGENASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 3483.0 13500.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 370.0 5047.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 35862.0 139000.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
PULEGONE 28 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PYRIDINE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PYRROLIDINE 1 Fruit not available 1.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.0 19.0 3.00 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 16 Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 11 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.