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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	9	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	2	Martindale's 28th
Convulsant	3	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Antagonist	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
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant	3	Martindale's 28th
COX-1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Decongestant	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Degranulant	1	Duke, 1992 *