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

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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
LAURIC-ACID	7	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	1050.0	8568.0	0.74	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIMONENE	60	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	1040.0	8486.0	-0.24	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LITHIUM	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	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.
LUTEOLIN-7-MONOGLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	890.0	7262.0	0.82	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	230.0	2203.0	0.03	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MALONIC-ACID	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	2.0	20.0	-0.27	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MARGARIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	240.0	1958.0	1.23	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-8-METHYL-6-NONANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-BETA-PHENYLPROPIONATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-DECANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-DODECANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEPTANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEXADECANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEXANOATE	0	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
Hypothermic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *