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
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	87000.0	849000.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
CARNAUBIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE	19	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	3.0	3.5	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXEN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITROXANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Fruit	0.5	0.8	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	2.0	14.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOCAPSIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITAXANTHIN-A	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITAXANTHIN-B	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOVIOLAXANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Fruit	380.0	3101.0	2.16	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
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	5	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	3	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	4	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant	10	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic	6	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic?	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiarrheic	1	Wealth of India.
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiDNA	1	Duke, 1992 *