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
Antiandrogenic	5	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	26	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.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *