Re: [CH] Essential Oil.

Charles Demas (demas@tiac.net)
Sat, 13 Jun 1998 18:57:35 -0400 (EDT) 

On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Martin Dubeau wrote:

> If you extract the essential oil from hot peppers, are you gonna have
> pure capsaicin ? 

Probably not, but who cares, unless you're trying to sell it as a 
chemically pure product.

There are something like 8 alkaloids in chiles, and capsaicin is only one. 
They all provide heat, IIRC. 


Chuck Demas
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