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
NORCAPSAICIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NORDIHYDROCAPSAICIN	0	Fruit	15.0	335.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NOVIVAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTOPAMINE	0	Plant	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.
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	110.0	898.0	-0.47	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Fruit	not available	540.0	2.29	Duke, 1992 *
P-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-XYLENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	150.0	1224.0	-0.35	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	1.0	5.0	-0.84	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PENTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTANOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	620.0	5059.0	0.60	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
Pulmonotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic	1	Cabanac, M., Leydier, M. C., Poirier, L. J. 1976. The Effect of Capsaicin on Temperature Regulation of the Rat. Pfluegers Arch, 366: 217.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th
Renoirritant	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Repellent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respirainhibitor	2	Merck 11th Edition
Respirasensitizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respirastimulant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Retinoprotectant Optometry	1	Duke, 1992 *
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Rubefacient	3	Duke, 1992 *
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	14	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Soap	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.