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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Capsicum frutescens (Solanaceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
NORCAPSAICIN 0 Fruit *
NORDIHYDROCAPSAICIN 0 Fruit 15.0 335.0 *
NOVIVAMIDE 0 Fruit *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Fruit *
OCTOPAMINE 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 110.0 898.0 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit 540.0 2.29 *
P-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE 2 Fruit *
P-XYLENE 0 Fruit *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 150.0 1224.0 -0.35 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 1.0 5.0 -0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PENTADECANE 0 Fruit *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Fruit *
PENTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 620.0 5059.0 0.60 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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 *
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 *
AntiSpina-Bifida 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic 5 *
Antisterility 1 *
Antistomatitic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 2 *
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 *
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 *
Antithalassemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.