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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
4-METHYL-3-PENTEN-2-ONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-HEPTADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-HEXADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-PENTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-PENTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLPENTADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLPENTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLPENTYL-3-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLTETRADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLTRIDECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-2-FURFURAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-METHYL-OCTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-METHYL-NONANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-METHYL-NONANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 820.0 6691.0 1.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 50.0 408.0 -0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit 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
Antipyretic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 10 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiRNA 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antischizophrenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisenility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 19 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)