Plant Capsicum frutescens (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
HENEICOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HESPERIDIN	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Fruit	410.0	3346.0	1.15	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HOMOCAPSAICIN	0	Fruit	2.0	90.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMODIHYDROCAPSAICIN	0	Fruit	2.0	90.0	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
HOMODIHYDROCAPSAICIN-I	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXY-ALPHA-CAROTENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	7.0	135.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID	2	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOHEXANOIC-ACID	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOHEXYL-ISOCAPROATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ISOLEUCINE	3	Fruit	650.0	5304.0	0.50	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOTHUJONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID	5	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Anther	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LATOXANTHIN	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
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.