News articles tagged with 'capsaicin'
Hormel Institute study reveals capsaicin can act as cocarcinogen
— 3 Sep 2010 12:40 | HealthThe September cover story of the nation's leading cancer journal, 'Cancer Research,' features a new study from The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, that links capsaicin, a…
Chilli peppers come with blood pressure benefits
— 4 Aug 2010 09:52 | HealthFor those with high blood pressure, chilli peppers might be just what the doctor ordered, according to a study reported in the August issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication.…
Peppers may increase energy expenditure in people trying to lose weight
— 28 Apr 2010 12:16 | HealthImagine your delight while enjoying your favourite Mexican food - perhaps a fully loaded bean burrito topped with an ample supply of thinly sliced jalepeno peppers. What happens when…
Active ingredients in marijuana found to spread and prolong pain
— 14 Aug 2009 11:01 | HealthImagine that you're working on your back porch, hammering in a nail. Suddenly you slip and hit your thumb instead - hard. The pain is incredibly intense, but it only lasts a moment.…
Chilli peppers continue to help unravel mechanism of pain sensation
— 25 Feb 2009 13:18 | HealthCapsaicin, the active ingredient in chilli peppers, generally is viewed as an irritant that produces a burning sensation when applied to a sensitive area of the body, such as the cornea…
Chilli peppers help to unravel the mechanism of pain
— 24 Feb 2009 13:20 | HealthCapsaicin, the active ingredient in chilli peppers, is most often experienced as an irritant, but it may also be used to reduce pain. A new work published by Drs. Feng Qin and Jing…
New hybrid plants could prompt more prodigious pepper production in Southwest
— 4 Nov 2008 17:12 | BiologyBy themselves or as an ingredient in a variety of foods, including salsa, America's top-selling condiment, peppers have found a warm spot in the hearts and stomachs of U.S. consumers…
Bugs put the heat in chilli peppers
— 12 Aug 2008 17:49 | BiologyIf you're a fan of habanero salsa or like to order Thai food spiced to five stars, you owe a lot to bugs, both the crawling kind and ones you can see only with a microscope. New research…
Hot peppers really do bring the heat
— 7 Aug 2008 14:29 | BiologyChilli peppers can do more than just make you feel hot, reports a study in the 1 August Journal of Biological Chemistry; the active chemical in peppers can directly induce thermogenesis,…
Worms do calculus to find meals or avoid unpleasantness
— 2 Jul 2008 17:00 | BiologyThanks to salt and hot chilli peppers, researchers have found a calculus-computing centre that tells a roundworm to go forward toward dinner or turn to broaden the search. It's a computational…