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
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	1.0	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	220.0	3001.0	0.21	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	22.0	284.0	3.25	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Fruit	not available	382.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3)	0	Fruit	not available	382.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN	1	Fruit	0.5	165.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIIN	4	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.
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ARGININE	14	Fruit	410.0	5592.0	0.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	230.0	20982.0	1.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	13416.0	52000.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	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.

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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 *