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
Spasmogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	3	Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stimulant	1	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.
Sunscreen	4	Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Surfactant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener	2	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Tachycardic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Teratogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Teratologic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic	1	Yoshida, T., Yoshioka, K., Wakabayashi, Y., Nishioka, H., Kondo, M. 1988. Effects of Capsaicin and Isothiocyanate on Thermogensis of Interscapular Brown Adipose Tissue in Rats. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol, 34(6): 587-594.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	2	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	3	Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.