Plant Capsicum frutescens (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
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
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-PENTANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-DECENOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEPTANONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEXANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ISO-BUTYL-3-METHOXY-PYRAZINE	0	Fruit	not available	121.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-3-ISOBUTYL-PYRAZINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-OCTANONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-OCTENOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-UNDECANONE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ACETAMIDO-2-METHYL-PENTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ACETAMIDO-2-METHYL-TETRADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-ALPHA-CAROTENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ISOBUTYL-2-METHOXYPYRAZINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTANAL	0	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
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	7	Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Avifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *