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Common Names
Cayenne; Chili; Tabasco; Hot Pepper; Spur Pepper; Red Chili
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Toxic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Tranquilizer | 4 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Transdermal | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | HerbalGram No. 20, page 9. |
| Uricosuric | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 2 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 13 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |