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
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Fruit	870.0	7099.0	0.85	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	11000.0	163200.0	0.72	Duke, 1992 *
PULEGONE	28	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Fruit	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Fruit	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Fruit	800.0	6528.0	1.02	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICON	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	50.0	734.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
SOLANIDINE	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOLANINE	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOLASODINE	18	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	30.0	245.0	-0.26	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	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
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus	2	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	5	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimastalgic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiMD	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.