Re: [CH] V6 #163 Cap (was What's going on at...)

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Hi C-H's,

Calvin wrote:

>This is because HPLC has somehow been
>normalized to the original Scoville organoleptic taste tests, and they
>were, after all, taste tests.  As a scientist, I feel the need to reduce
>it to concentrations or percentages to make it less fuzzy.

I agree, and believe Scoville tests to be highly inaccurate and often 
misleading. I am sure that the pharmaceutical companies have in house 
standards, but a properly defined universal testing method is badly 
needed.

>It certainly is an interesting subject, no matter how the chemistry is
>laid out.

This site has some useful information:

http://edgein.home.mindspring.com/science/majorcap.html

Thanks for the interesting post Calvin.
A pleasant change from the masses of manure posted here recently.

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