What's so spicy about Chili?

The spicy degree of pepper is: 50000- 100000 Shu.

1. Chaotian pepper is named after its fruit grows in the sky. There are green, white, purple and other colors when it is immature, and red when it is ripe, so it is also called colorful pepper.

2. Pepper is rich in nutrition, especially high in Vc, which is 36 times that of eggplant, 265,438+0 times that of apple, 9 times that of tomato, 3 times that of Chinese cabbage and 2 times that of white radish. 1 People can meet their demand for Vc by eating 1 day. The content of carotene is 19 times that of apple, VB2 and VB 1 are 3 times and 4 times that of apple respectively, and the content of VP (also called rutin) is 5 or 6 times that of ordinary vegetables, ranking among the best in vegetables. According to the determination, every100g of pepper contains protein1.6g, fat 0.2g, sugar 4.5g, calcium12mg, phosphorus 40mg, iron 0.8mg, carotene 0.37mg, VC198mg, and a small amount of VB.

3. It was found that the content of volatile oil in pepper fruit was 0. 1% ~ 2.6%, and the main component was 2- methoxy -3- isobutyl pyrazine, which had the unique aroma of fresh pepper. Pepper fruit contains capsaicin, nordihydrocapsaicin, homocapsaicin, homodihydrocapsaicin, vanillamide nonanoate and vanillamide decanoate, and the pigments are lutein, cryptoxanthin, capsanthin, trace capsanthin, citric acid, tartaric acid and malic acid. In addition, pepper is also rich in minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron necessary for human body, which can be said to be rich in nutrition and complete in collocation.

Extended data:

Capsicum annuum, a variety of Capsicum, is a perennial semi-woody plant of Capsicum in Solanaceae, which is often cultivated as an annual plant. Its plant height is 30 cm ~60 cm, with many branches, erect stems and alternate leaves; The flowers are white, and the flowering period is from the beginning of May to the end of July. Fruits are clustered on the branches and have the same taste as green peppers. The whole herb is used as medicine, and the rhizome is warm and sweet, which can dispel wind and cold, relax tendons and activate collaterals, and has the effect of killing insects and relieving itching.