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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Capsicum frutescens (Solanaceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BORON 4 Fruit 4.0 17.0 -0.46 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit 32.0 -0.33 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 175.0 1560.0 -0.53 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit 20.0 30.0 -0.40 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPHOR 41 Fruit *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
CAPSAICIN 44 Fruit 100.0 17900.0 1.00 *
CAPSAICIN 44 Pericarp *
CAPSAICIN 44 Seed 5.0 *
CAPSAICIN 44 Tissue Culture *
CAPSANTHIN 2 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CAPSANTHIN-3,6-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit *
CAPSANTHIN-5,6-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit *
CAPSANTHONE 0 Fruit *
CAPSIAMIDE 0 Fruit 20.0 200.0 *
CAPSIDIOL 3 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CAPSIDOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CAPSOLUTEIN 0 Fruit *
CAPSORUBIN 1 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antibradykinic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366.
Antibronchitic 3 *
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 *
Anticalculic 1 *
Anticancer 9 *
Anticancer (Breast) 4 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 *
Anticancer (Colon) 2 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 *
Anticancer (Liver) 3 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Skin) 4 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 2 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 6 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.