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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
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.
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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 *