Table 1.

Average saliva flow (g/min, ± STD) after consumption of CTR and CAP solution, saliva flow ratio of CAP/CTR and chilli food consumption frequency per week recorded for individual participants (P1-15). Average (AV) and standard deviation (STD) of all the participants were also calculated.

Participants	CTR saliva flow (g/min)	CAP saliva flow (g/min)	Saliva flow ratio (CAP/CTR)	Frequency of chilli food consumption
P1	1.30 ± 0.11	1.03 ± 0.33	0.79	3.5
P2	0.59 ± 0.24	1.03 ± 0.53	1.75	7.0
P3	0.31 ± 0.13	0.56 ± 0.30	1.82	5.0
P4	0.46 ± 0.18	0.72 ± 0.08	1.56	6.0
P5	0.11 ± 0.04	0.24 ± 0.06	2.17	0.0
P6	0.56 ± 0.11	1.46 ± 0.62	2.61	2.0
P7	0.52 ± 0.23	0.82 ± 0.07	1.58	7.0
P8	0.29 ± 0.05	0.54 ± 0.20	1.88	3.5
P9	0.61 ± 0.06	1.70 ± 0.18	2.80	1.5
P10	0.58 ± 0.37	0.71 ± 0.07	1.21	1.0
P11	0.48 ± 0.26	1.32 ± 0.36	2.77	7.0
P12	0.50 ± 0.23	1.88 ± 0.99	3.74	4.0
P13	0.49 ± 0.24	0.47 ± 0.13	0.95	3.0
P14	1.20 ± 0.10	2.04 ± 0.75	1.70	3.5
P15	0.30 ± 0.07	0.42 ± 0.05	1.42	3.0
AV	0.55 ± 0.31	1.00 ± 0.55	1.92 ± 0.76