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Plant 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.
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
Anticataract 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase 5 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antichorea 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticolonospasmic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.