Botanical species · safety record

Capsicum annuum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 2 genotoxicity assays for Capsicum annuum. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Capsicum annuum L.

0Constituent measurements

2Safety records

1Cited sources

1,210Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Capsicum frutescens L.

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 1,210 licensed products naming Capsicum annuum as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Dry
Extract Type TBA
Fresh
fluid

Source material stated

Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum - fruit
Capsicum annuum- Fruit oleoresin
Cayenne Fruit Extract
Cayenne Pepper - Fruit
Chili seed
Dried fruit
Dried fruit powder

Genotoxicity testing

Outcomes of genotoxicity assays as recorded in the source. A negative assay is a result under those test conditions, not a clearance.

Outcome	Endpoint	Test	Tested organism	Metabolic activation	Source
Positive	gene mutation	bacterial reverse mutation assay	Salmonella typhimurium (as organism)	With	No resolvable identifier
Positive	gene mutation	bacterial reverse mutation assay	Salmonella typhimurium (as organism)	With	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Nagabhushan, M., Bhide, S. V. Mutagenicity of chili extract and capsaicin in short-term tests. Environmental mutagenesis, 1985, vol. 7, no. 6, p. 881-8.

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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