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Capsaicin
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How To Grow Hot Peppers
Capsaicin
Capsaicin
Capsaicin and Di-hydrocapsaicin together make up
80-90% of the Capsaicinoids found in peppers
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Capsaicin
H3CO
\____ O CH3
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HO-< >-C-N-C-(CH2)4-C=C-C-CH3
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H2 H H H H
Di-Hydrocapsaicin
H3CO
\ ____ O CH3
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HO-< >-C-N-C-(CH2)6-C-CH3
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H2 H
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