List of capsaicinoids

This is a list of capsaicinoids, a class of compound found in members of the capsicum family. They are the chemical responsible for making chili peppers hot. The heat intensity of capsaicinoids is measured in Scoville heat units (SCU) by the Scoville heat scale.[1]

List of capsaicinoids

Structural formula Name Scoville heat units Abbreviation Reference
Resiniferatoxin 16,000,000,000 RTX [2][3][4]
Tinyatoxin 5,300,000,000 TTX or TTN [4]
Phenylacetylrinvanil 4,800,000,000 IDN-5890 [5][6][7]
Capsaicin 16,000,000 CPS [8]
Dihydrocapsaicin 16,000,000 DHC [9]
Nonivamide 9,200,000 PAVA [10][9]
Nordihydrocapsaicin 9,000,000 NDHC [9]
Homocapsaicin 8,600,000 HC [9]
Homodihydrocapsaicin 8,600,000 HDHC [9]
Shogaol 150,000 6-SGL [9][11]
Piperine 100,000 PIP [9][12]
Gingerol 80,000 6-G [9][13]
Capsiate 16,000 CAP [14][15]
Norcapsaicin ~0[Footnote 1] (NA) [16][17][18]
Nornorcapsaicin ~0[Footnote 1] (NA) [16][19][20]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b The SHU for Norcapsaicin and Nornorcapsaicin has not been measured. However, they are both present in bell peppers which have an SHU of 0 and so these compounds likely have an SHU of 0 or slightly above.

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