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Plant Capsicum frutescens (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Cayenne; Chili; Tabasco; Hot Pepper; Spur Pepper; Red Chili
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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)
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsoriatic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipsychotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *