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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1200.0 16504.0 0.83 *
AUROCHROME 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
AUROXANTHIN-1 0 Fruit 0.0 0.5 *
AUROXANTHIN-2 0 Fruit 0.0 0.5 *
BARIUM 0 Fruit 2.0 8.0 -0.89 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Fruit *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed *
BETA-APO-8'-CAROTENAL 0 Fruit *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 25.0 95.0 0.03 *
BETA-CAROTENE-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Fruit 1.0 510.0 1.00 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 60.0 1190.0 0.77 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BETAINE 14 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 74.0 0.69 *
BROMINE 0 Fruit 0.1 111.0 3.33 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BUTANAL-2-METHYL 0 Fruit *
BUTANAL-3-METHYL 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Respirasensitizer 1 *
Respirotoxic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rodenticide 3 *
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 *
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 *
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 *
Stimulant 1 *
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.