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
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	87000.0	849000.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
CARNAUBIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE	19	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	3.0	3.5	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXEN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITROXANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Fruit	0.5	0.8	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	2.0	14.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOCAPSIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITAXANTHIN-A	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITAXANTHIN-B	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOVIOLAXANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Fruit	380.0	3101.0	2.16	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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
Antineuritic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineuropathic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic	8	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antinyctalopic	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiobesity	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic	2	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	30	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant Synergist	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *