Medical management of obesity represents a large unmet clinical need. Animal experiments
suggest a therapeutic potential for dietary capsaicin, the pungent ingredient in hot chili …

Various herbs, plants and spices have been used for many decades as natural valuable
remedies for prevention and/or treatment of diverse diseases and health problems. Chili …

Adipose tissues communicate with the central nervous system to maintain whole-body
energy homeostasis. The mainstream view is that circulating hormones secreted by the fat …

Background Few animal experiments and volunteer-based intervention studies have
showed a controversial effect of spicy foods on abdominal obesity. We aimed to examine the …

A preference for chili pepper can be an acquired taste. The contrast between a chili lover
and a hater illustrates the complexities involved in forming an appreciation for food that …

Several studies have explored the effects of capsaicin and capsiate on endurance
performance, with conflicting findings. This systematic review aimed to perform a meta …

Capsaicin is a chili peppers extract, genus Capsicum, commonly used as a food spice.
Since ancient times, Capsaicin has been used as a “homeopathic remedy” for treating a wild …

Ethylene is very important in the process of plant development and regulates the
biosynthesis of many secondary metabolites. In these regulatory mechanisms, transcription …

Sympathomimetic agents are a group of chemical compounds that are able to activate the
sympathetic nervous system either directly via adrenergic receptors or indirectly by …

Capsiate is a non-pungent analogue of capsaicin. It belongs to the family of capsinoids
which are esters of vanillyl alcohol with fatty acids while capsaicin belongs to the family of …