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
BUTANE-1,3-DIOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Fruit	0.0	0.3	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Fruit	not available	11.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	431.0	1670.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Fruit	20.0	530.0	3.84	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSAICIN	44	Fruit	100.0	4000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSAICIN	44	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	634000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSAICIN	44	Tissue Culture	not available	590.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSANTHIN	2	Fruit	1.0	2820.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSANTHIN-3,6-EPOXIDE	0	Fruit	0.0	165.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSANTHIN-5,6-EPOXIDE	0	Fruit	0.0	185.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSANTHONE	0	Fruit	0.0	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIAMIDE	0	Fruit	20.0	200.0	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAPSIAMIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-A	1	Fruit	33.0	250.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-B	0	Fruit	2.0	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-C	1	Fruit	35.0	103.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIANOSIDE-D	1	Fruit	21.0	38.0	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.