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
BUTANE-1,3-DIOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Fruit	0.0	0.3	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Fruit	not available	11.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	431.0	1670.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Fruit	20.0	530.0	3.84	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSAICIN	44	Fruit	100.0	4000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSAICIN	44	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	634000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSAICIN	44	Tissue Culture	not available	590.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSANTHIN	2	Fruit	1.0	2820.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSANTHIN-3,6-EPOXIDE	0	Fruit	0.0	165.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSANTHIN-5,6-EPOXIDE	0	Fruit	0.0	185.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSANTHONE	0	Fruit	0.0	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIAMIDE	0	Fruit	20.0	200.0	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAPSIAMIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-A	1	Fruit	33.0	250.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-B	0	Fruit	2.0	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-C	1	Fruit	35.0	103.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-D	1	Fruit	21.0	38.0	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
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter	2	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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.