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
CAPSICOSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIDIOL	3	Fruit	not available	29.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIDIOL	3	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSOCHROME	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSOLUTEIN	0	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.
CAPSORUBIN	1	Fruit	0.0	260.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	175956.0	682000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
CARNAUBIC-ACID	0	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.
CAROTENOIDS	0	Fruit	115.0	9945.0	1.91	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROPHYLL	21	Fruit	0.0	195.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Pericarp	not available	297.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	360.0	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-13'-CAPSANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-9'-CAPSANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-9,10-DIHYDRO-CAPSENONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Laxative	7	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	3	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic	1	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Memranolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.