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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
HESPERIDIN 31 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HEXADECANE 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Fruit *
HEXANAL 5 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
HEXANOIC-ACID 2 Fruit *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 170.0 2319.0 0.43 *
HOMOCAPSAICIN 0 Fruit 2.0 90.0 *
HOMOCAPSAICIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 3000.0 *
HOMODIHYDROCAPSAICIN 0 Fruit 2.0 90.0 *
HOMODIHYDROCAPSAICIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
HYDROXY-ALPHA-CAROTENE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
IRON 6 Fruit 4.0 14.0 -0.47 *
ISOHEXYL-ISOCAPROATE 0 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 270.0 3683.0 0.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KARPOXANTHIN 0 Fruit 0.5 150.0 *
L-ASPARAGINASE 4 Fruit *
L-ASPARIGINASE 0 Fruit *
LANOST-8-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
LANOSTENOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P21-Inducer 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 2 *
P450-Inducer 1 *
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Parasiticide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Parasympathomimetic 2 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 20 Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic 2 *
Pesticide 63 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin 3 *
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Previtamin-A 1 *
ProHLDL 1 *