Njengabantu, izitshalo kufanele zibhekane nokucindezeleka. Umthelela kubantu uhlelwe kahle, kodwa kuncane okwaziwayo mayelana nendlela izingcindezi—okuhlanganisa usawoti omningi nokuntuleka kwezakhi—ezithinta izitshalo ezifana ne-habaneros. Manje, abacwaningi babika ku I-ACS Agricultural Science & Technology ukuthi lezi zimo zishintsha amazinga ezinto zemvelo kupelepele. Imiphumela ingaba nemiphumela yokutshala upelepele kanye nempilo yawo yeshelufu ngemva kokuvuna.
Ama-Habaneros aziswa ngephunga lawo kanye nokunambitheka kwawo, okuhlanganisa ukunambitheka okusawolintshi kanye nentuthu kanye nokukhahlela okushisayo kakhulu. Lokho kushisa kuvela kuma-capsaicinoid compounds, kodwa upelepele ubuye ube namavithamini, i-carotenoids, i-flavonoid, i-phenolic compounds namanye ama-metabolite afaka isandla ekunambithekeni kwesithelo, kanye nezakhiwo zaso ezilwa namagciwane, ukulwa nokuvuvukala kanye ne-antioxidant. Upelepele uyisitshalo esibalulekile eMexico, kodwa izimo zemvelo endaweni azikho kahle, namazinga aphansi e-nitrogen ne-phosphorus kanye namazinga aphezulu kasawoti emhlabathini.
Ocwaningweni lwangaphambili, u-Rocío I. Díaz de la Garza kanye nozakwabo bahlole umphumela walezi zingcindezi ekukhuleni kukapelepele kanye namazinga ambalwa wama-metabolites abo. Ocwaningweni lwamanje, u-de la Garza, uCarlos Rodríguez-López kanye nozakwabo bajula kakhulu, behlola umphumela walezi zimo ezinkulungwaneni zama-metabolites ezithelweni.
Upelepele wawutshalwa ngaphansi kwezimo ezinhlanu ezihlukene: ukulawula, i-phosphorus ephansi, i-nitrogen ephansi, usawoti omningi kanye nosawoti omningi. Zavunwa ngezigaba ezintathu zokukhula, futhi okukhishwe kwahlanzwa bese kuhlaziywa nge-mass spectrometry. Abacwaningi bathola lokho i-metabolite izinguquko zazibonakala kakhulu esithelweni esivuthiwe. Ukuntuleka kwe-nitrogen kunciphisa ukugcwala kwamanye ama-metabolite kodwa kwakhuphula amanye, kuyilapho ukushoda kwe-phosphorus kwehlisa ukuhlukahluka kwe-metabolite.
Ababhali bathi lokhu kulahlekelwa kwezinhlobonhlobo kungenza upelepele ovuniwe ungazweli kumagciwane nezinambuzane. Ukuhlola kuphinde kwahlonza umkhawulo wosawoti, lapho ama-metabolite aqala ukushintsha ngaphezulu ngoba izitshalo azisakwazi ukumelana nemithelela kasawoti oweqile.
Ukuqonda izinguquko ze-metabolic kuzoba okubaluleke kakhulu njengoba ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuqinisa ingcindezi ezitshalweni, kuphawula abacwaningi.