Capsaicin content of West Indies hot pepper cultivars using colorimetric and chromatographic techniques

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 132-135

  Gibbs, Harold A A ^a   O'Garro, Leonard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Capsicum chinense; Colorimetric; HPLC; Pungency; Variety

Indexed keywords

COLORIMETRY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; EVAPORATION; FRUITS; PHASE SEPARATION; PIGMENTS; SOLVENTS;

COLORIMETRIC METHOD; CULTIVARS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM CHINENSE; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS;

EID: 1642465067     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.1.132     Document Type: Article

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