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Plant 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
DECANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE 0 Fruit 1.0 68.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCAPSAICIN 1 Fruit 75.0 1628.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCAPSAICIN 1 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit not available 16000.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-DODECANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-TETRADECANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 16320.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 100000.0 150000.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 18000.0 146880.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Fruit 0.0 2.0 -0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLIAXANTHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETONE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 2640.0 21542.0 0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 740.0 6038.0 0.94 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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).