Capsaicin

 Half-life 25 minutes

Tmax 45 minutes

Absorption half-life 40 minutes

After 105 minutes, no capsaicin was detected in blood.

LD50 = 97.2 mg/kg

NOAEL 45 mg/kg

Scoville units = mg/g × 16,000 (ppm × 16)

Carolina Reaper is 81±4 mg/g Capsaicin [1,296,000 Scoville units]  (32±2 mg/g dihydrocapsaicin)

Ghost pepper is 25.8 mg/g Capsaicin [412,800 Scoville Units] (5.07 mg/g dihydrocapsaicin)

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