Science news articles about 'chili pepper'

  • Pain Free Without Numbness -- Substance Combination With Chili Peppers

    ... derivative of the local anesthetic lidocaine, called QX314, and capsaicin, the pain-producing substance in chili peppers. Capsaicin works by opening channels present only in pain fibers to allow the ...
  • Some like it hot! Structure of receptor for hot chili pepper and pain revealed

    ... outside stimuli and the nerve cell.” The outside stimulus used in this study was the heat of a chili pepper. It has been known for years that the burning sensation results from the action of a ...
  • Bugs put the heat in chili peppers

    ... ones you can see only with a microscope. New research shows they are the ones responsible for the heat in chili peppers. The spiciness is a defense mechanism that some peppers develop to suppress a ...
  • Chili peppers continue to help unravel mechanism of pain sensation

    ... the skin, which sends a message to the brain and generates the sensation of pain. The receptor also senses heat, making chili peppers taste hot. "The receptor acts like a gate to ...
  • Could The Hot Stuff In Chili Peppers Ease Your Tingling Nerve Pain?

    ... patients, a new review suggests, although not strongly, that four of 10 people could experience some pain relief from topical capsaicin cream. Capsaicin is the active component of chili peppers.
  • Common bowel problem linked to chili pepper pain receptor

    ... "Up to 50 pharmaceutical and biotech companies world-wide are developing drugs that block the chilli pepper receptor TRPV1, and our published studies on this receptor in a number of chronic pain and ...
  • Hot peppers really do bring the heat

    ... thermogenesis, the process by which cells convert energy into heat. Capsaicin is the chemical in chili peppers that contributes to their spiciness; CPS stimulates a receptor found in sensory neurons, ...
  • Killer Peppers

    ... FYI story on whether you could die from eating too many chili peppers. We said probably not, reasoning that it would take an impossible amount of peppers to do lethal damage. Well, take it easy ...
  • Q & A: Red Hot Chili Peppers

    How can some people eat pepper after pepper without pain? Have they destroyed the sensory receptors in their mouths and throats?
  • Evolution of fruit size in tomato

    ... a member of the Solanaceae or nightshade family, which also includes potato, eggplant, tobacco, and chili peppers. The center of origin and diversity of tomato and other solanaceous species is in the ...
  • The 21st century tomato

    ... ) is a member of the Solanaceae or nightshade family, which also includes potato, eggplant, tobacco, and chili peppers. The center of origin and diversity of tomato species is in the northern Andes, ...
  • Drought tolerance in potatoes

    ... is a member of the Solanaceae or nightshade family, which also includes tomato, eggplant, tobacco, and chili peppers. Drought first causes stomatal closure, reducing CO2 uptake for photosynthesis, ...
  • Worms do calculus to find meals or avoid unpleasantness

    ... , the neurons carried receptor proteins that recognize capsaicin, the active component in chili peppers. Researchers found that when concentrations of salt were high, fluorescent proteins change from ...
  • UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News

    Scientist warns of mass ocean extinctions ... Origin of brain tumors in children found ... Study determines why chili peppers are hot ... Hepatitis B 'nanovaccine' is developed ... ...
  • Vegetable Scales With A Mind Of Their Own

    What was the number you were supposed to enter for the chili-pepper on the self-service scales? Was it 67 or 76? And the number for the bananas? The latest self-service scales automatically recognize ...

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