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
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-PENTANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-DECENOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEPTANONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEXANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ISO-BUTYL-3-METHOXY-PYRAZINE	0	Fruit	not available	121.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-3-ISOBUTYL-PYRAZINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-OCTANONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-OCTENOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-UNDECANONE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ACETAMIDO-2-METHYL-PENTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ACETAMIDO-2-METHYL-TETRADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-ALPHA-CAROTENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ISOBUTYL-2-METHOXYPYRAZINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTANAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antidote (Acetaminophen)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lead)	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat)	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric	1	Wealth of India.
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	7	Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiencephalitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th