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Common Names
Cayenne; Chili; Tabasco; Hot Pepper; Spur Pepper; Red Chili
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORON | 4 | Fruit | 4.0 | 17.0 | -0.46 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
| BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Fruit | not available | 32.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 175.0 | 1560.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Fruit | 20.0 | 30.0 | -0.40 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPROIC-ACID | 1 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSAICIN | 44 | Fruit | 100.0 | 17900.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSAICIN | 44 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSAICIN | 44 | Seed | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSAICIN | 44 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSANTHIN | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CAPSANTHIN-3,6-EPOXIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSANTHIN-5,6-EPOXIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSANTHONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSIAMIDE | 0 | Fruit | 20.0 | 200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSIDIOL | 3 | Plant | 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. |
| CAPSIDOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CAPSOLUTEIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPSORUBIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Fungicide | 22 | Economou, D., and Nahrstedt, A. 1991. Chemical, Physiological, and Toxicological Aspects of the Essential Oil of Some Species of the Genus Bystropogon*. Planta Medica, 57: 347, 1991. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionalytic | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92. |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hallucinogenic | 2 | 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. |
| Hematopoietic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hemolytic | 2 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemorrhagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatomegalic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |