The active ingredient in chili peppers, capsaicin, is known for its many medicinal properties. But can it help ease joint pain? Advice to improve your movement, fitness, and overall health from the ...

But there's no real heat in a pepper. So, what's going on? It's all about a chemical compound in peppers called capsaicin. Capsaicin binds to pain receptors on our nerves called TRPV1. Normally ...

BACKGROUND Chronic cough is associated with an increased sensitivity to inhaled capsaicin in a number of conditions but there are no data for patients with more severe asthma or chronic obstructive ...

Denmark has recalled several spicy ramen noodle products by South Korean company Samyang, claiming that the capsaicin levels in them could poison consumers. Three fiery flavours of the Samyang ...

Background and aims: Chemonociception in the human small intestine has not been studied extensively. Although capsaicin can cause intestinal sensations, it is not known if this is due to stimulation ...

Furthermore, capsaicin concentrates in the pith that anchors the seeds to the chili pepper flesh, so removing these parts ...

A UK study has found that nerve fibers expressing the capsaicin receptor TRPV1 (transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1) are more numerous in colonic tissue from patients with IBS than in ...