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Spiciest
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Ranked by Scoville heat units, the pungency of the pure compound: from resiniferatoxin and the capsaicinoids that make chili peppers burn, down to the milder bite of ginger and black pepper. Values outside the capsaicinoids are comparative estimates, since the Scoville scale is defined for capsaicin-like compounds.
#MoleculeScovilleRelative
01ResiniferatoxinC37H40O916,000,000,000 SHU02CapsaicinC18H27NO316,000,000 SHU03DihydrocapsaicinC18H29NO315,000,000 SHU04NonivamideC17H27NO39,200,000 SHU05NordihydrocapsaicinC17H27NO39,100,000 SHU06HomocapsaicinC19H29NO38,600,000 SHU07HomodihydrocapsaicinC19H31NO38,600,000 SHU08ShogaolC17H24O3160,000 SHU09PiperineC17H19NO3100,000 SHU10GingerolC17H26O460,000 SHU11ZingeroneC11H14O337,500 SHU← All leaderboards · values carry source citations; the ranking regenerates on every ETL run from source