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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

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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
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIIN 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 960.0 7834.0 0.94 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 350.0 23000.0 1.15 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6000.0 65000.0 0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 2860.0 23338.0 1.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
AUROCHROME 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 1.0 38.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENETHYLACETATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 60.0 70.0 -0.70 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETAINE 14 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 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
Antiaggregant 11 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic 1 Yakugaku Zasshi, 111: 193, 1991.
Antiallergic 10 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.