Capsaicin is the pungent ingredient in a wide variety of red peppers of the genus Capsicum.
Chemically it is a derivative of vanillyl amide, 8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide (Fig. 1) with …

In the late fifties and sixties Jancso published a series of papers on 'the peculiar
pharmacological effect of capsaicin Capsaicin or 8-methyl-N-vanillyi-6-nonenamide is the …

Over the past several decades capsaicin, a natural product of certain species of red pepper,
has been found to have a broad range of physiological effects in adult animals. Recent …

THE function of primary afferent neurons is to receive and transmit information from the
internal and external environment and thereby contribute to the organism's ability to …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses that capsaicin can be a valuable tool for
chemical dissection of highly specific neural subsystems within the brain and retina. It also …

The effects of capsaicin, the major pungent ingredient of hot peppers, were assessed on
sensory neuron neuropeptide levels and on sensory function in the adult guinea pig …

Capsaicin is a principle constituent in a large variety of red peppers (eg, Capsicum annuum,
Capsicum frutescens), and it is to this and closely related substances that the pungency of …

Capsaicin, the pungent ingredient from peppers of the Capsicum family, has been widely
exploited as a tool in sensory neuron biology and the study of neurogenic inflammation. Its …

SUMMARY Administration of capsaicin (8—methyl—N-vanilly1—6—nonenamide) to
neonatal rats gives a long—lasting insensitivity to chemical irritants, and its potential as a …

The selective excitant and neurotoxic action of capsaicin on vagal sensory neurons in the rat
has been investigated in vitro using three techniques: extracellular recording of compound …