What makes jalapeños hot, and do they have other super powers?
Chemistry For Your Life
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The Nilloid Group and Capsaicin
Capsaicin is the spicy one. Is it like the most common? There are other spicy ones. I think capsaicin is definitely the most common. But there's another compound that looks just like capsaicin, except it's missing one carbon at the end where capsaicin splits into a Y. Chop off one carbon and you cut the spice in half. That's weird. Isn't that weird? It's so close.
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