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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LUTEOXANTHIN-2 0 Fruit 7.0 110.0 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 380.0 5183.0 0.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 604.0 2340.0 0.10 *
MALONIC-ACID 1 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALONIC-ACID 1 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALTOL 11 Fruit *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 0.4 1.4 -0.39 *
MARGARIC-ACID 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MERCURY 1 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.79 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 100.0 1364.0 0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MOLYBDENUM 2 Fruit 0.0 15.0 2.52 *
MUTATOXANTHIN-1 0 Fruit 0.0 40.0 *
MUTATOXANTHIN-2 0 Fruit 0.5 295.0 *
MYRCENE 22 Fruit *
MYRICETIN 34 Fruit 1.0 -0.69 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 10.0 136.0 -0.26 *
N-(13-METHYLTETRADECYL)ACETAMIDE 0 Fruit 300.0 400.0 *
N-CIS-FERULOYL-TYRAMINE 0 Root 2.0 *
N-HEXANAL 0 Fruit *
N-METHYL-ANILINE 0 Fruit 13.1 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 3 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Tachycardic 1 *
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Teratogenic 3 *
Termiticide 3 *
Termitifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 1 Yoshida, T., Yoshioka, K., Wakabayashi, Y., Nishioka, H., Kondo, M. 1988. Effects of Capsaicin and Isothiocyanate on Thermogensis of Interscapular Brown Adipose Tissue in Rats. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol, 34(6): 587-594.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 *
Toxic 2 Martindale's 28th
Tranquilizer 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 5 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 4 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.