Hot Chili Peppers Help Unravel The Mechanism Of Pain
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 01:22
in Health & Medicine
Capsaicin, the active ingredient in spicy hot chili peppers such as the jalapeno, is most often experienced as an irritant, but it may also be used to reduce pain. New research uses capsaicin to uncover novel insight into how pain-receptor systems can adapt to painful stimuli.
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