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
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	1200.0	16504.0	0.83	Duke, 1992 *
AUROCHROME	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.
AUROXANTHIN-1	0	Fruit	0.0	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AUROXANTHIN-2	0	Fruit	0.0	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Fruit	2.0	8.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-APO-8'-CAROTENAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	25.0	95.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE-EPOXIDE	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.
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	1.0	510.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit	60.0	1190.0	0.77	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BORON	4	Fruit	1.0	74.0	0.69	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Fruit	0.1	111.0	3.33	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BUTANAL-2-METHYL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANAL-3-METHYL	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
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