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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
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase 4 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antichorea 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolonospasmic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.