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The system incorporates flat belts driven by a sample input hopper and stepping motor, a powder surface leveler, charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor-embedded VNIR spectrometer, fiber optic probe, and tungsten halogen lamp, and an automated reference measuring unit with a reference panel to measure the standard spectrum. The operation program includes device interface, standard reflectivity measurement, and a graphical user interface to measure the capsaicinoid content. A  partial least square regression (PLSR) model was developed to predict the capsaicinoid content; 44 red pepper powder samples whose measured capsaicinoid content ranged  13.45\u2013159.48 mg\/100 g by per high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and 1242 VNIR absorbance spectra acquired by the pungency measurement system were used. The determination coefficient of validation (RV2) and standard error of prediction (SEP) for the model with the first-order derivative pretreatment method for Korean red pepper powder were 0.8484 and \u00b113.6388 mg\/100 g, respectively.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s151127420","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,10,29]],"date-time":"2015-10-29T11:16:47Z","timestamp":1446117407000},"page":"27420-27435","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Design and Fabrication of a Real-Time Measurement System  for the Capsaicinoid Content of Korean Red Pepper  (Capsicum annuum L.) 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