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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
METHYL-NONANOATE 2 Fruit *
METHYL-OCTADECANOATE 0 Fruit *
METHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit *
METHYL-PENTANOATE 0 Fruit *
METHYL-PHENYLACETATE 2 Fruit *
METHYL-TETRADECANOATE 0 Fruit *
MEVALONIC-ACID 0 Fruit 0.5 -0.61 *
MYRCENE 22 Fruit *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 10.0 82.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed *
N-(13-METHYLTETRADECYL)ACETAMIDE 0 Fruit *
N-HEXANAL 0 Fruit *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE 0 Plant *
NEOXANTHIN 2 Fruit Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 9.0 158.0 1.30 *
NICKEL 3 Fruit 1.0 1.5 -0.32 *
NIGROXANTHIN 0 Fruit *
NONADECANE 0 Fruit *
NONANOIC-ACID 2 Fruit *
NONANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE 0 Fruit 2.0 45.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *
Antithrombotic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antithromboxane-B2 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
Antithyroid 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitoxemic 1 *
Antitriglyceride 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular 1 *
Antitumor 19 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 7 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 6 *
Antitumor (Colorectal) 1 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 2 *