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Compound Interest: Why Chilli Peppers are Spicy: The Chemistry of a Chilli

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The idea for this graphic came to me whilst saving the chilli peppers from a forlorn looking, aphid-infested chilli plant that's probably on its metaphorical last legs. I thought it would be quite interesting to look at the origin of the heat in chilli peppers, and how this can be quantified. A family of compounds…

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