Effects of drying procedure, cultivar, and harvest number on capsaicin levels in dried jalapeño peppers

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-38

  Pordesimo, Lester O ^a   Li, Haizhou ^a   Lee, Jung Hoon ^b   Reddick, Bradford B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capaicinoid; Capsaicin; Drying; Hot peppers; Jalape o; Processing; Yields

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; DRYING; HARVESTING; TEMPERATURE;

CAPAICINOID; CAPSAICIN; HOT PEPPERS;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS;

EID: 1842534396     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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