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
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 *