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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
RISHITIN 6 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Fruit 0.4 10.0 -0.68 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUBIXANTHIN 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Fruit not available 3874.0 -0.21 Varnaite, R. 1988. Rutin Content in Capsicum, Capsella, Urtica, Primula, Lepidium, Lactuca, Brassica, Anethum, Beta, Petroselinum, Allium Genera Representatives. Liet Tsr Mokslu Akad Darb Ser C, 4: 29-32.
SABINENE 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 6.0 100.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 340.0 4638.0 0.35 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILVER 3 Fruit 0.1 0.1 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
SKATOLE-PYRROLO-OXYGENASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 152.0 590.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
SOLANIDINE 5 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.
SOLANINE 26 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.
SOLANINE 26 Leaf not available 500.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SOLASODINE 18 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 160.0 2180.0 -0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 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.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit 10.0 180.0 1.32 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.