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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
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit 10.0 20.0 -0.90 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.0 8.0 0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Fruit 740.0 6038.0 1.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THUJONE 17 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL 93 Fruit not available 24.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
TOLUENE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-2-HEXEN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 260.0 2122.0 1.78 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 420.0 3427.0 0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALERIC-ACID 9 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 840.0 6854.0 0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLYL-AMIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLYL-AMINE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 3.0 23.0 2.49 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Fruit 70000.0 889550.0 0.52 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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