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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit 10.0 20.0 -0.90 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit *
TETRADECANE 0 Fruit *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.0 8.0 0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Fruit 740.0 6038.0 1.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THUJONE 17 Fruit *
TITANIUM 0 Fruit *
TOCOPHEROL 93 Fruit 24.0 -0.49 *
TOLUENE 1 Fruit *
TRANS-2-HEXEN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 260.0 2122.0 1.78 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 420.0 3427.0 0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALERIC-ACID 9 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
VALINE 3 Fruit 840.0 6854.0 0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLYL-AMIDE 0 Fruit *
VANILLYL-AMINE 1 Fruit *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Fruit *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 3.0 23.0 2.49 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Fruit 70000.0 889550.0 0.52 *
XANTHOPHYLL-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypothermic 2 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Immunomodulator 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 10 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Inflammatory 1 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insect-Repellent 1 *
Insecticide 6 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Insectifuge 17 *
Insectiphile 2 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 4 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *