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
N-NITROSO-DIMETHYLAMINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-NITROSO-PYRROLIDINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTYL-AMINE	0	Fruit	not available	3.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
N-PROPYL-AMINE	0	Fruit	not available	2.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-FERULOYL-OCTOPAMINE	0	Root	1.0	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-FERULOYL-TYRAMINE	0	Root	not available	12.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-OCTOPAMINE	0	Root	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-TYRAMINE	0	Root	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-VANILLYL-N-NONAMIDE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	0.0	18.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NH3	0	Fruit	not available	382.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	21.0	80.0	0.26	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Fruit	0.1	5.5	0.89	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Fruit	1900.0	23330.0	0.61	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NONADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
NONANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE	0	Fruit	2.0	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONIVAMIDE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NORCAPSAICINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Miotic	1	Martindale's 29th
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	5	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Musculotropic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic	3	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myocontractant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Myostimulant	1	UNESCO. 1960. Medicinal Plants of the Arid Zones. eds.(botany) I.C. Chopra, B.K. Abrol and K.L. Hands; eds (pharmacology), R. Paris and G. Dillemann UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, Paris 7E. 96 pp.
Myotonic	1	Martindale's 29th
Narcotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	9	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.