Who is who in the history?
-Capsaicin was discovered by Christian Friedrich Bucholz in 1816. This was not a pure form of Capsaicin.
-The reason it is called Capsaicin is because Bucholz extracted the sample from a genus of Capsicum
-The reason it is called Capsaicin is because Bucholz extracted the sample from a genus of Capsicum
-In 1876 John Clough Thresh had almost attained a pure form of Capsaicin. He also named the substance Capsaicin
-Karl Micko was the first to successfully isolate a pure substance of Capsaicin in 1898.
-The first synthesis of Capsaicin was done by E. Spath and S.F. Darling in 1930
- In Japan chemists isolated substances similar to Capsaicin. Chemists S. Kosuge and Y. Inagaki accomplished this by extracting from chili peppers.
-Karl Micko was the first to successfully isolate a pure substance of Capsaicin in 1898.
-The first synthesis of Capsaicin was done by E. Spath and S.F. Darling in 1930
- In Japan chemists isolated substances similar to Capsaicin. Chemists S. Kosuge and Y. Inagaki accomplished this by extracting from chili peppers.