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
PHENOL	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	260.0	3546.0	0.08	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHODIESTERASE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	784.0	3040.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Fruit	0.0	0.1	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	90.0	1750.0	1.04	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
PIPERIDINE	10	Fruit	not available	5.2	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
PORPHOBILINOGEN-OXYGENASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	3483.0	13500.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Fruit	370.0	5047.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	35862.0	139000.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
PULEGONE	28	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PYRIDINE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRROLIDINE	1	Fruit	not available	1.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.0	19.0	3.00	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antibronchitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	9	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	4	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	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.
Anticancer (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Skin)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	2	Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	4	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	11	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.