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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORON | 4 | Fruit | 4.0 | 17.0 | -0.46 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
| BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Fruit | not available | 32.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 175.0 | 1560.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Fruit | 20.0 | 30.0 | -0.40 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPROIC-ACID | 1 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSAICIN | 44 | Fruit | 100.0 | 17900.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSAICIN | 44 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSAICIN | 44 | Seed | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSAICIN | 44 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSANTHIN | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CAPSANTHIN-3,6-EPOXIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSANTHIN-5,6-EPOXIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSANTHONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSIAMIDE | 0 | Fruit | 20.0 | 200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSIDIOL | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CAPSIDOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CAPSOLUTEIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSORUBIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiserotonin | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisickling | 4 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antisinusitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispare-Tire | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 25 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antispermatogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiSpina-Bifida | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisterility | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisunburn | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | 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 |
| Antitachycardic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithalassemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |