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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
STRONTIUM 0 Fruit 2.0 12.0 -0.91 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 18060.0 70000.0 -0.60 *
SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL 0 Fruit *
SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL 0 Leaf *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 190.0 2440.0 0.71 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit *
TETRADECANE 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE 22 Fruit *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 1.0 15.0 1.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMINE 0 Fruit 1.0 4.2 0.35 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 310.0 4228.0 0.50 *
TIN 4 Fruit 1.3 5.0 -0.36 *
TITANIUM 0 Fruit 0.4 16.0 -0.39 *
TOCOPHEROL 93 Fruit 24.0 -0.49 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TOLUENE 1 Fruit *
TRIGONELLINE 15 Seed 0.6 -0.47 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 110.0 1500.0 0.91 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN-PYRROLO-OXYGENASE 0 Leaf *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 180.0 2455.0 0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephrotoxic 4 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotoxic 4 *
Neurotransmitter 2 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Genic 3 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osmoregulator 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic 1 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxidant 3 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.