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

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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
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 *

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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
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vertigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide	1	Wealth of India.
Vitamin-A-Activity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).