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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.
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
DECANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE 0 Fruit 1.0 68.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCAPSAICIN 1 Fruit 75.0 1628.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCAPSAICIN 1 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit not available 16000.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-DODECANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-TETRADECANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 16320.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 100000.0 150000.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 18000.0 146880.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Fruit 0.0 2.0 -0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLIAXANTHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETONE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 2640.0 21542.0 0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 740.0 6038.0 0.94 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant 2 Merck 11th Edition
Dentifrice 1 Martindale's 29th
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Digestive 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 12 Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Ecbolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *