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
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)

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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
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antipeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	5	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	7	Duke, 1992 *