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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.
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
4-METHYL-3-PENTEN-2-ONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-HEPTADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-HEXADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-PENTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-PENTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLPENTADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLPENTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLPENTYL-3-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLTETRADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLTRIDECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-2-FURFURAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-METHYL-OCTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-METHYL-NONANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-METHYL-NONANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 820.0 6691.0 1.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 50.0 408.0 -0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 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
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 10 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 10 Ortiz De Urbina, A.V., Martin, M.L., Montero, M.J., Carron, R., Sevilla, M.A., San Roman, L. 1989. Antihistaminic activity of pulegone on the guinea-pig ileum. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 295-296, 1990.
AntiHIV 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocystinuric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.