Interesting Molecular Structures

Two cool (or hot) chemical structures today:

Chavicine
Chavicine
Capsaicin

(I’m testing image uploads, and why not test with something interesting.)
Everyone knows that Capsaicin is the hot stuff in chili peppers. Fewer people know that Chavicine is the hot stuff in black pepper. Chavicine slowly isomerizes into piperine, which is less pungent.

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