Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
J Nat Prod. 2013 Apr 26;76(4):783-93. doi: 10.1021/np300898z. Epub 2013 Mar 11.
The genus Capsicum (pepper) comprises a large number of wild and cultivated species. The plants are grown all over the world, primarily in tropical and subtropical countries. The fruits are an excellent source of health-related compounds, such as ascorbic acid (vitamin C), carotenoids (provitamin A), tocopherols (vitamin E), flavonoids, and capsaicinoids. Pepper fruits have been used for fresh and cooked consumption, as well as for medicinal purposes, such as treatment of asthma, coughs, sore throats, and toothache. Depending on its uses, there are several main characters important for product quality; pungency, bright attractive colors, highly concentrated extracts, and a small number of seeds are the main characters on which quality is based and priced. Herein, a general overview of biochemical composition, medical properties of these compounds, and characteristics of quality attributes of pepper fruits is presented.
辣椒属（辣椒）包含大量的野生和栽培种。这些植物在世界各地都有种植，主要在热带和亚热带国家。其果实是与健康相关的化合物的极好来源，如抗坏血酸（维生素 C）、类胡萝卜素（维生素 A 原）、生育酚（维生素 E）、类黄酮和辣椒素。辣椒果实可用于新鲜和烹饪消费，也可用于药用，如治疗哮喘、咳嗽、喉咙痛和牙痛。根据其用途，有几个主要特征对产品质量很重要；辛辣、鲜艳有吸引力的颜色、高度浓缩的提取物和少量的种子是质量的基础和定价的主要特征。本文概述了辣椒果实的生化成分、这些化合物的医学特性以及质量特性的特点。
