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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
NORDIHYDROCAPSAICIN 0 Fruit 15.0 335.0 *
NORDIHYDROCAPSAICIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 31000.0 *
O-CRESOL 6 Fruit *
OBTUSIFOLIOL 0 Seed *
OCTANE 0 Fruit *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Fruit *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 270.0 3582.0 -0.45 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 257.0 1171.0 -0.24 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-AMINO-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Root 6.0 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit 79.0 -0.34 *
P-CRESOL 8 Fruit *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit *
P-XYLENE 0 Fruit *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 500.0 6820.0 -0.26 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 30.0 409.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 0.0 5.0 -0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PENTADECANE 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PENTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Laxative 7 *
Laxative? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipolytic 1 *
Lipotropic 3 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 9 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 1 *
Memorigenic 2 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Memranolytic 1 *
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.