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
METHYL-NONANOATE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTADECANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PENTANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PHENYLACETATE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-TETRADECANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEVALONIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	0.5	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	10.0	82.0	-0.27	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-(13-METHYLTETRADECYL)ACETAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	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.
NIACIN	39	Fruit	9.0	158.0	1.30	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Fruit	1.0	1.5	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
NIGROXANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE	0	Fruit	2.0	45.0	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
Catabolic	4	Abstract (See species file)
Cerebrodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebroprotective	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cerebrotoxic	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 24.
Chemopreventive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	4	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulatory-Stimulant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Circulotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	3	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Paralytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *