Dried Chili Pepper

The chili pepper is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae,cayenne: plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red.
Has health benefiting alkaloid compound in them, capsaicin, which gives strong spicy pungent character. Chilli pepper contains an impressive list of plant derived chemical compounds that are known to have disease preventing and health promoting properties.
Chilies contain Early laboratory studies on experimental mammals suggest that capsaicin has anti-bacterial, anti-carcinogenic, analgesic and anti-diabetic properties. It also found to reduce LDL cholesterol levels in obese individuals.Fresh chili peppers, red and green
Fresh chili peppers, red and green, are rich source of vitamin-C. 100 g fresh chilies provide about143.7 Aug or about 240% of RDA.
Chili peppers have amazingly high levels of vitamins and minerals. Just 100 g provides (in % of recommended daily allowance):
240% of vitamin-C (Ascorbic acid),
39% of vitamin B-6 (Pyridoxine),
32% of vitamin A,
13% of iron,
14% of copper,
7% of potassium,
but no cholesterol.