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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 455.0 3794.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.22 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 90.0 130.0 -1.05 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 2600.0 34272.0 1.45 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 870.0 7099.0 0.85 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 11000.0 163200.0 0.72 *
PULEGONE 28 Fruit *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit 63.0 -0.46 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.0 8.0 0.64 *
RUTIN 87 Fruit 487.0 -0.60 Varnaite, R. 1988. Rutin Content in Capsicum, Capsella, Urtica, Primula, Lepidium, Lactuca, Brassica, Anethum, Beta, Petroselinum, Allium Genera Representatives. Liet Tsr Mokslu Akad Darb Ser C, 4: 29-32.
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 6.0 2000.0 5.40 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Fruit *
SERINE 1 Fruit 800.0 6528.0 1.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICON 4 Fruit *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 50.0 734.0 -0.11 *
SOLANIDINE 5 Fruit *
SOLANINE 26 Fruit *
SOLASODINE 18 Fruit *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 30.0 245.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 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 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 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Abortifacient 2 *
Acaricide 3 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
AChE-Inhibitor 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 13 *
Allelochemic 5 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 *
Allergenic 17 *
Allergenic? 1 *