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

Select a Results View:

Download these results as:

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
N-NITROSO-DIMETHYLAMINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-NITROSO-PYRROLIDINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTYL-AMINE	0	Fruit	not available	3.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
N-PROPYL-AMINE	0	Fruit	not available	2.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-FERULOYL-OCTOPAMINE	0	Root	1.0	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-FERULOYL-TYRAMINE	0	Root	not available	12.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-OCTOPAMINE	0	Root	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-TYRAMINE	0	Root	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-VANILLYL-N-NONAMIDE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	0.0	18.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NH3	0	Fruit	not available	382.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	21.0	80.0	0.26	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Fruit	0.1	5.5	0.89	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Fruit	1900.0	23330.0	0.61	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NONADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
NONANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE	0	Fruit	2.0	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONIVAMIDE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NORCAPSAICINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

Download these results as:

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
Respirasensitizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respirotoxic	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Retinoprotectant Optometry	1	Duke, 1992 *
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Rodenticide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Rubefacient	2	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Scabicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Schistosomicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative	15	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue	2	Duke, 1992 *
Soap	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic	5	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide	3	Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Spinoconvulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen	3	Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.