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Plant 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.
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide 2 Martindale's 29th
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pulifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pulmonotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic 1 Cabanac, M., Leydier, M. C., Poirier, L. J. 1976. The Effect of Capsaicin on Temperature Regulation of the Rat. Pfluegers Arch, 366: 217.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 3 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Radioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Repellent 1 Duke, 1992 *