Ripe fruits of red pepper are used widely not only as vegetables
in the world, but also important raw material of food industry,
pharmaceutical industry because of the existence of red
colorant and capsaicinoids. Pepper (Capsicum) fruits with vivid
color have been used as natural food colorants since ancient
times. The pigments in red pepper are carotenoids, mainly contains
capsanthin and capsorubin. The healthy benefits of carotenoid
pigments have been described elsewhere .
Capsaicinoids are another bioactive substance. They have widely
application in medicinal industry such as topical analgesics
, defense industry such as self-defense
products (e.g. pepper spray)