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Plant 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.
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
2-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTAN-2-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PENTAN-2-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPANAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPIONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYLPYRIDINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-(R)-ETHYL-LOPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-DIHYDROLANOSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LANOST-9(11)-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LOPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3'-O-MYRISTOYLCAPSANTHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,6-EPOXIDE-5-HYDROXY-5,6-DIHYDRO-ZEAXANTHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-(SEC-BUTYL)-2-METHOXYPYRAZINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HEXANOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-ALPHA-CAROTENE 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.
3-ISOBUTYL-2-METHOXYPYRAZINE 0 Fruit not available not available 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
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 3 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Urate-Solvent 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Varroacide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 17 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 2 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 2 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *