Influence of intra and inter species variation in chilies (Capsicum spp.) on metabolite composition of three fruit segmentsZamljen, Tilen (Avtor) Jakopič, Jerneja (Avtor) Hudina, Metka (Avtor) Veberič, Robert (Avtor) Slatnar, Ana (Avtor) natural variation in plantssecondary metabolismTwenty-one diferent cultivars from four diferent species were examined. The highest dry weight was present in seeds (between 35 and 50%) and the average water content was 60%. Placenta and pericarp contained on average 86% water. Total sugars variation between species was 60%. The most concentrated in the various cultivar pericarps were ascorbic acid ranging from 368.1 to 2105.6 mg/100 g DW and citric acid ranging from 1464.3 to 9479.9 mg/100 g DW. Total phenolic content ranged from 2599.1 mg/100 DW in ‘Chilli AS- Rot’ to 7766.7 mg/100 g DW in ’Carolina Reaper’. The placenta had 23.5 times higher phenolic content than seeds. C. chinense and C. chinense × C. frutescens had 3.5 to 5 times higher capsaicinoid content compared to C. annuum and C. baccatum, with ’Carolina Reaper’ having the highest content at 7334.3 mg/100 g DW and ’Chilli AS- Rot’ the lowest (318.7 mg/100 g DW).20212023-03-13 14:38:35Članek v reviji144799UDK: 635ISSN pri članku: 2045-2322DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84458-5COBISS_ID: 53603331sl