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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 455.0 3794.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.22 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 90.0 130.0 -1.05 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 2600.0 34272.0 1.45 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 870.0 7099.0 0.85 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 11000.0 163200.0 0.72 *
PULEGONE 28 Fruit *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit 63.0 -0.46 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.0 8.0 0.64 *
RUTIN 87 Fruit 487.0 -0.60 Varnaite, R. 1988. Rutin Content in Capsicum, Capsella, Urtica, Primula, Lepidium, Lactuca, Brassica, Anethum, Beta, Petroselinum, Allium Genera Representatives. Liet Tsr Mokslu Akad Darb Ser C, 4: 29-32.
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 6.0 2000.0 5.40 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Fruit *
SERINE 1 Fruit 800.0 6528.0 1.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICON 4 Fruit *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 50.0 734.0 -0.11 *
SOLANIDINE 5 Fruit *
SOLANINE 26 Fruit *
SOLASODINE 18 Fruit *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 30.0 245.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Myorelaxant 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Myostimulant 1 UNESCO. 1960. Medicinal Plants of the Arid Zones. eds.(botany) I.C. Chopra, B.K. Abrol and K.L. Hands; eds (pharmacology), R. Paris and G. Dillemann UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, Paris 7E. 96 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Narcotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic 2 *
Nematicide 12 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephrotoxic 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.
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 3 *
Neurotoxic 5 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Genic 3 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Occuloirritant 1 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.