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Common Names
Cayenne; Chili; Tabasco; Hot Pepper; Spur Pepper; Red Chili
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORCAPSAICIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NORDIHYDROCAPSAICIN | 0 | Fruit | 15.0 | 335.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NOVIVAMIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTANOIC-ACID | 5 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTOPAMINE | 0 | Plant | 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. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit | 110.0 | 898.0 | -0.47 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Fruit | not available | 540.0 | 2.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-XYLENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Fruit | 150.0 | 1224.0 | -0.35 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Fruit | 1.0 | 5.0 | -0.84 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PENTADECANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTANOIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Fruit | 620.0 | 5059.0 | 0.60 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigiardial | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosation | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 1 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 2 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |