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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
LANOSTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LATOXANTHIN 0 Fruit 1.0 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Fruit 0.0 2.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 440.0 6002.0 0.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIGUSTRAZINE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 2190.0 29871.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM 11 Fruit 0.3 0.4 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
LOPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.0 50.0 3.49 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Fruit not available 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-APIOGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOXANTHIN-1 0 Fruit 2.0 40.0 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
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 9 Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 6 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 5 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidiabetic 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *