Scoville scale more, depending on seed lineage, climate and humidity, and soil composition supplying nutrients. The inaccuracies described in the measurement methods also contribute to the imprecision of these values. "Capsicum" chili peppers are commonly used to add pungency in cuisines worldwide. The range of pepper heat reflected by a Scoville score is from 100 or less (sweet peppers) to over 3 million (Pepper X) (table below; Scoville scales for individual chili peppers are in the respective linked article). The class of compounds causing pungency in plants like chili peppers is called capsaicinoids, which display a linear correlation between concentration and Scoville
Thomas Scoville Thomas Scoville Thomas Scoville (b. California 1960). American humorist, programmer, technologist and author who chronicled the rise and fall of Silicon Valley during the dot-com bubble. Two works render a Silicon Valley insider's perspective based on two decades as a software engineer: The satirical Silicon Valley Tarot published in 1998 and "Silicon Follies", an online serial novel running on Salon.com in 1999, eventually finding its way to hardcover publication by Pocket Books and a television pilot by Ron Howard's Imagine Television. Scoville also wrote technology essays including "Howl.com (with apologies to Allen Ginsberg)", "The Elements Of Style: Unix As Literature",