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 …

Biological Properties, Bioactive Constituents, and Pharmacokinetics of Some Capsicum spp. and Capsaicinoids

GES Batiha, A Alqahtani, OA Ojo, HM Shaheen… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pepper originated from the Capsicum genus, which is recognized as one of the most
predominant and globally distributed genera of the Solanaceae family. It is a diverse genus …

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 …

Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies

G Larson, DR Piperno, RG Allaby… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
It is difficult to overstate the cultural and biological impacts that the domestication of plants
and animals has had on our species. Fundamental questions regarding where, when, and …

Global range expansion history of pepper (Capsicum spp.) revealed by over 10,000 genebank accessions

P Tripodi, MT Rabanus-Wallace… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Genebanks collect and preserve vast collections of plants and detailed passport information,
with the aim of preserving genetic diversity for conservation and breeding. Genetic …

Well grounded: Indigenous Peoples' knowledge, ethnobiology and sustainability

NJ Turner, A Cuerrier, L Joseph - People and Nature, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The biological knowledge and associated values and beliefs of Indigenous and other long‐
resident Peoples are often overlooked and underrepresented in governance, planning and …

Beans (Phaseolus ssp.) as a Model for Understanding Crop Evolution

E Bitocchi, D Rau, E Bellucci, M Rodriguez… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Here, we aim to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the most significant
outcomes in the literature regarding the origin of Phaseolus genus, the geographical …

Dietary capsaicin and its anti-obesity potency: from mechanism to clinical implications

J Zheng, S Zheng, Q Feng, Q Zhang… - Bioscience reports, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Obesity is a growing public health problem, which has now been considered as a pandemic
non-communicable disease. However, the efficacy of several approaches for weight loss is …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Medicinal uses and health benefits of chili pepper (Capsicum spp.): a review

BK Saleh, A Omer… - MOJ Food Process Technol, 2018 - researchgate.net
Pepper have been grown and used in Eritrea for long period of time and is part of the
Eritrean food culture. Eritrean pepper germplasm was found to be highly diversified that can …