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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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
METHYL-NONANOATE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTADECANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PENTANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PHENYLACETATE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-TETRADECANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEVALONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 0.5 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 10.0 82.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-(13-METHYLTETRADECYL)ACETAMIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN 2 Fruit 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.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 9.0 158.0 1.30 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Fruit 1.0 1.5 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
NIGROXANTHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE 0 Fruit 2.0 45.0 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