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
CAPSICOSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIDIOL	3	Fruit	not available	29.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIDIOL	3	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSOCHROME	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSOLUTEIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAPSORUBIN	1	Fruit	0.0	260.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	175956.0	682000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
CARNAUBIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAROTENOIDS	0	Fruit	115.0	9945.0	1.91	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROPHYLL	21	Fruit	0.0	195.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Pericarp	not available	297.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	360.0	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-13'-CAPSANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-9'-CAPSANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-9,10-DIHYDRO-CAPSENONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	1.0	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
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 *