Therefore,we focused our interest on the determination of the total
phenols, flavonoids and capsaicinoids content and the antioxidant
capacity using different in vitro assays namely 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH$)free radical scavenging assay, antioxidant capacity determined by radical cation (ABTS$þ), b-carotene
bleaching test and Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP) test,
in twenty fresh, boiled and frozen different chili peppers cultivars
belonging from four Capsicum species namely Capsicum annum,
Capsicum chinense, Capsicum baccatum, and Capsicum chacoense.