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
4-METHYL-3-PENTEN-2-ONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-HEPTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-HEXADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-PENTAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-PENTANOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLPENTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLPENTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLPENTYL-3-METHYL-BUTYRATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLTETRADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLTRIDECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-2-FURFURAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-METHYL-OCTANOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-METHYL-NONANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-METHYL-NONANOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Fruit	820.0	6691.0	1.17	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-CAROTENE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	50.0	408.0	-0.97	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	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
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	6	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant	2	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P21-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	4	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant	1	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery	19	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	43	Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).