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
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	1.0	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	220.0	3001.0	0.21	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	22.0	284.0	3.25	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Fruit	not available	382.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3)	0	Fruit	not available	382.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN	1	Fruit	0.5	165.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIIN	4	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.
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ARGININE	14	Fruit	410.0	5592.0	0.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	230.0	20982.0	1.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	13416.0	52000.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	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.

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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.