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Common Names
Cayenne; Chili; Tabasco; Hot Pepper; Spur Pepper; Red Chili
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DECANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE | 0 | Fruit | 1.0 | 68.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCAPSAICIN | 1 | Fruit | 75.0 | 1628.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCAPSAICIN | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Fruit | not available | 16000.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ERIODICTIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-DODECANOATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-OCTANOATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-TETRADECANOATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 1000.0 | 16320.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 100000.0 | 150000.0 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 18000.0 | 146880.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.0 | 2.0 | -0.02 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FOLIAXANTHIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-ACETONE | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Fruit | 2640.0 | 21542.0 | 0.65 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Fruit | 740.0 | 6038.0 | 0.94 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimenopausal | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimenorrhagic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 4 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimitotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimorphinic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiMS | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 16 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyelotoxic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimyoatrophic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimyocarditic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antimyoclonic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antineoplastic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 5 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |