Antioxidant, anti-obesity, nutritional and other beneficial effects of different chili pepper: A review

A Azlan, S Sultana, CS Huei, MR Razman - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fruits and vegetables are important components of a healthy diet. They are rich sources of
vitamins and minerals, dietary fibre and a host of beneficial non-nutrient substances …

Structural mechanisms of transient receptor potential ion channels

E Cao - Journal of General Physiology, 2020 - rupress.org
Transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels are evolutionarily ancient sensory proteins
that detect and integrate a wide range of physical and chemical stimuli. TRP channels are …

Biomedical and antioxidant potentialities in chilli: Perspectives and way forward

S Bal, AB Sharangi, TK Upadhyay, F Khan, P Pandey… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Worldwide, since ages and nowadays, traditional medicine is well known, owing to its
biodiversity, which immensely contributed to the advancement and development of …

Structural mechanisms of TRPV2 modulation by endogenous and exogenous ligands

N Su, W Zhen, H Zhang, L Xu, Y Jin, X Chen… - Nature Chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
The transient receptor potential vanilloid 2 (TRPV2) ion channel is a polymodal receptor
widely involved in many physiological and pathological processes. Despite many TRPV2 …

Simulation and machine learning methods for ion-channel structure determination, mechanistic studies and drug design

Z Zhu, Z Deng, Q Wang, Y Wang, D Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ion channels are expressed in almost all living cells, controlling the in-and-out
communications, making them ideal drug targets, especially for central nervous system …

Structural basis for promiscuous action of monoterpenes on TRP channels

THD Nguyen, SG Itoh, H Okumura… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Monoterpenes are major constituents of plant-derived essential oils and have long been
widely used for therapeutic and cosmetic applications. The monoterpenes menthol and …

Insights from molecular dynamics simulations of TRPV1 channel modulators in pain

V Dewaker, AR Sharma, U Debnath, ST Park… - Drug Discovery …, 2023 - Elsevier
TRPV1 is a nonselective cation channel vital for detecting noxious stimuli (heat, acid,
capsaicin). Its role in pain makes it a potential drug target for chronic pain management …

Structural and evolutionary insights point to allosteric regulation of TRP ion channels

JK Hilton, M Kim, WD Van Horn - Accounts of chemical research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The familiar pungent taste of spicy food, the refreshing taste of mint, and many
other physiological phenomena are mediated by transient receptor potential (TRP) ion …

Evidence that the TRPV1 S1-S4 membrane domain contributes to thermosensing

M Kim, NJ Sisco, JK Hilton, CM Montano… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Sensing and responding to temperature is crucial in biology. The TRPV1 ion channel is a
well-studied heat-sensing receptor that is also activated by vanilloid compounds, including …

Molecular determinants for the chemical activation of the warmth-sensitive TRPV3 channel by the natural monoterpenoid carvacrol

C Niu, X Sun, F Hu, X Tang, KW Wang - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
Transient receptor potential vanilloid 3 (TRPV3), robustly expressed in the skin, is a
nonselective calcium-permeable cation channel activated by warm temperature, voltage …