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
STRONTIUM	0	Fruit	2.0	12.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Fruit	18060.0	70000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Fruit	190.0	2440.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	1.0	15.0	1.24	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMINE	0	Fruit	1.0	4.2	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Fruit	310.0	4228.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Fruit	1.3	5.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Fruit	0.4	16.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL	93	Fruit	not available	24.0	-0.49	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TOLUENE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Seed	not available	0.6	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	110.0	1500.0	0.91	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN-PYRROLO-OXYGENASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	180.0	2455.0	0.02	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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
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.