The genus Capsicum: a phytochemical review of bioactive secondary metabolites.

ABSTRACT: The Capsicum genus is one of the most popular plants consumed and cultivated worldwide, containing approximately 50 000 varieties of pepper. Due to its wide biodiversity, the chemical composition within the genus also presents a great variability. Its major applications are in food and pharmacological industry, as pepper presents a chemical composition rich in capsaicinoids, carotenoids, flavonoids and volatile compounds which is attributed to the ability of the fruit to remove insipidity, produce aromas and act against oxidative diseases. Due the existence of several cultivars there is a huge intraspecific chemical variability within each species, which can be considered as an obstacle when selecting and cultivating a species to be applied as a natural product source for a specific

SUBMITTER: Antonio AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9082723 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature