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

Download these results as:

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
METHYL-NONANOATE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTADECANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PENTANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PHENYLACETATE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-TETRADECANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEVALONIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	0.5	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	10.0	82.0	-0.27	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-(13-METHYLTETRADECYL)ACETAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NIACIN	39	Fruit	9.0	158.0	1.30	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Fruit	1.0	1.5	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
NIGROXANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE	0	Fruit	2.0	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Phytohormonal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Previtamin-A	1	Duke, 1992 *
ProHLDL	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	3	Martindale's 29th
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pulifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *