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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
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 18 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 *
Larvicide 1 *
Larvistat 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 5 *
Laxative? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipolytic 1 *
Lipotropic 2 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 9 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *