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
LUTEOXANTHIN-2	0	Fruit	7.0	110.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	380.0	5183.0	0.28	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	604.0	2340.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALONIC-ACID	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALTOL	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	0.4	1.4	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
MARGARIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MERCURY	1	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	100.0	1364.0	0.50	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MOLYBDENUM	2	Fruit	0.0	15.0	2.52	Duke, 1992 *
MUTATOXANTHIN-1	0	Fruit	0.0	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUTATOXANTHIN-2	0	Fruit	0.5	295.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Fruit	not available	1.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	10.0	136.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
N-(13-METHYLTETRADECYL)ACETAMIDE	0	Fruit	300.0	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-CIS-FERULOYL-TYRAMINE	0	Root	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-ANILINE	0	Fruit	not available	13.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiangiogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	11	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	36	Economou, D., and Nahrstedt, A. 1991. Chemical, Physiological, and Toxicological Aspects of the Essential Oil of Some Species of the Genus Bystropogon*. Planta Medica, 57: 347, 1991.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibradykinic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366.