Capsicum annuum (hot pepper): An ancient Latin‐American crop with outstanding bioactive compounds and nutraceutical potential. A review

T Hernández‐Pérez, MR Gómez‐García… - … Reviews in Food …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hot pepper (Capsicum annuum) fruits, usually termed as chili, have been used since ancient
times as food vegetables, flavoring ingredients, natural colorants, and in traditional …

Plant hormones and secondary metabolites under environmental stresses: Enlightening defense molecules

S Kumari, F Nazir, C Maheshwari, H Kaur… - Plant Physiology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The climatic changes have great threats to sustainable agriculture and require efforts to
ensure global food and nutritional security. In this regard, the plant strategic responses …

Genomes of cultivated and wild Capsicum species provide insights into pepper domestication and population differentiation

F Liu, J Zhao, H Sun, C Xiong, X Sun, X Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pepper (Capsicum spp.) is one of the earliest cultivated crops and includes five
domesticated species, C. annuum var. annuum, C. chinense, C. frutescens, C. baccatum var …

Capsaicinoids, Polyphenols and Antioxidant Activities of Capsicum annuum: Comparative Study of the Effect of Ripening Stage and Cooking Methods

M Hamed, D Kalita, ME Bartolo, SS Jayanty - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Peppers (Capsicum annuum L.) are an important crop usually consumed as food or spices.
Peppers contain a wide range of phytochemicals, such as capsaicinoids, phenolics …

Capsaicinoids: pungency beyond Capsicum

ER Naves, L de Ávila Silva, R Sulpice, WL Araújo… - Trends in plant …, 2019 - cell.com
Capsaicinoids are metabolites responsible for the appealing pungency of Capsicum (chili
pepper) species. The completion of the Capsicum annuum genome has sparked new …

Nanoselenium foliar applications enhance the nutrient quality of pepper by activating the capsaicinoid synthetic pathway

D Li, C Zhou, J Zhang, Q An, Y Wu, JQ Li… - Journal of agricultural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Increasing the crop quality through enhancement of plant health is a challenging task. In this
study, nanoselenium (nano-Se) was sprayed on pepper leaves, and the pepper components …

QTL mapping and GWAS reveal candidate genes controlling capsaicinoid content in Capsicum

K Han, HY Lee, NY Ro, OS Hur, JH Lee… - Plant biotechnology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Capsaicinoids are unique compounds produced only in peppers (Capsicum spp.). Several
studies using classical quantitative trait loci (QTL s) mapping and genomewide association …

The role of bioactive components found in peppers

N de Sá Mendes… - Trends in Food Science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background To this day, many species of peppers, genus Capsicum, have been identified
and are the subject of several researches. However, only 5 are commonly used: C. annuum; …

Role of traditional ethnobotanical knowledge and indigenous communities in achieving sustainable development goals

A Kumar, S Kumar, Komal, N Ramchiary, P Singh - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 goals with 169 targets. The
Agenda 2030 of the United Nations envisages a holistic approach to achieve these goals by …

Natural variations in the MYB transcription factor MYB31 determine the evolution of extremely pungent peppers

Z Zhu, B Sun, W Cai, X Zhou, Y Mao, C Chen… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Plants produce countless specialized metabolites crucial for their development and fitness,
and many are useful bioactive compounds. Capsaicinoids are intriguing genus‐specialized …