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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
LANOSTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LATOXANTHIN 0 Fruit 1.0 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Fruit 0.0 2.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 440.0 6002.0 0.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIGUSTRAZINE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 2190.0 29871.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM 11 Fruit 0.3 0.4 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
LOPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.0 50.0 3.49 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Fruit not available 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-APIOGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOXANTHIN-1 0 Fruit 2.0 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunostimulant 10 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 8 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Insectifuge 22 Duke, 1992 *
Insectiphile 3 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 20 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvicide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.