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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Capsicum frutescens (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Cayenne, Chili, Tabasco, Hot Pepper, Spur Pepper, Red Chili
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Fruit *
1-HEXANOL 0 Fruit *
1-PENTANOL 0 Fruit *
2-DECENOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
2-HEPTANONE 0 Fruit *
2-HEXANOL 0 Fruit *
2-ISO-BUTYL-3-METHOXY-PYRAZINE 0 Fruit 121.0 *
2-METHOXY-3-ISOBUTYL-PYRAZINE 0 Fruit *
2-METHYL-BUTANAL 0 Fruit *
2-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
2-OCTANONE 0 Fruit *
2-OCTENOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Fruit *
2-UNDECANONE 4 Fruit *
3-ACETAMIDO-2-METHYL-PENTADECANE 0 Fruit *
3-ACETAMIDO-2-METHYL-TETRADECANE 0 Fruit *
3-HYDROXY-ALPHA-CAROTENE 0 Fruit *
3-ISOBUTYL-2-METHOXYPYRAZINE 0 Fruit *
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
3-METHYL-BUTANAL 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Abortifacient 2 (View) *
Acaricide 3 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 2 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 13 (View) *
Allelochemic 5 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 6 (View) *
Allergenic 17 (View) *
Allergenic? 1 (View) *