Twenty five chilli genotypes from North East region of India evaluated showed variation for capsaicin
from 0.27% (CHF-CA-1) to 3.03% (CHF-CA-21), oleoresin content from 2.49% (CHF-CA-5) to 9.26% (CHFCA-18)
with high to moderate ascorbic acid. Total phenolics ranged from 5.1 (CHF-CA-8) to 26.8 (CHFCA-23)
mg GAE/g and total carotenoids from 0.09 (CHF-CA-16) to 7.72 (CHF-CA-17) mg/g dry weight.
The antioxidant activity varied from 15.3% (CHF-CA-4) to 60.7% (CHF-CA-21). F