Red Pepper

MAJOR COSMETIC APPLICATIONS

Anti-fungal, anti-microbial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, blood circulation

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APPLICATION AREA

SKIN

TRADITIONAL USES

Americans for medicinal and culinary purposes for thousands of years. Capsicum fruits could be considered one of the earliest uses of a food additive. There are records of Christopher Columbus, upon his return to Europe, naming a fruit he brought back from the New World ‘‘red pepper.’’ Its uses in traditional medicines have included treatments for sore throat, cough, toothache, stomach ailments, rheumatism, wound healing, and parasitic infections. Furthermore, the dried, ripe fruit of the Capsicum species provides ingredients for skin-conditioning agents, external analgesics, flavoring agents, cosmetic fragrances, and repellant sprays

GROWING REGION

TURKEY