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
DECANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE	0	Fruit	1.0	68.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCAPSAICIN	1	Fruit	75.0	1628.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCAPSAICIN	1	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Fruit	not available	16000.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-DODECANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-OCTANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-TETRADECANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	1000.0	16320.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	100000.0	150000.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	18000.0	146880.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Fruit	0.0	2.0	-0.02	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLIAXANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETONE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Fruit	2640.0	21542.0	0.65	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE	12	Fruit	740.0	6038.0	0.94	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
Antibradykinic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366.
Antibronchitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	9	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Skin)	4	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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.