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
NORDIHYDROCAPSAICIN	0	Fruit	15.0	335.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NORDIHYDROCAPSAICIN	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	31000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-CRESOL	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	270.0	3582.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	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.
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	257.0	1171.0	-0.24	Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-AMINO-BENZALDEHYDE	0	Root	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Fruit	not available	79.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-XYLENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	500.0	6820.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	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.
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	30.0	409.0	-0.27	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	0.0	5.0	-0.84	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PENTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PENTADECANOIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)

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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
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienzymatic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiepileptic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepitheleomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiestrogenic	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	8	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antifeedant	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	6	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th