Habanero pepper(Capsicum chinense Jacq.)is a crop of economic relevance in the Peninsula of Yucatan.Its fruits have a high level of capsaicinoids compared to peppers grown in other regions of the world,which gives the...
the authors from the collection of data,its analysis,and interpretation.
Objectives:Spices are low moisture foods which have been known to be contaminated with various pathogens and sun-dried Legon-18 pepper powder is not left out.Due to its contamination with various pathogens,a study was...
Cardiac or respiratory arrest lasting only a few minutes can inflict grave harm on numerous bodily organs, not least of all, the brain. Neurocognitive deficits, which are often severe and profoundly life altering, rem...
The participation of O-methyltransferase (COMT) in phenylpropanoid-mediated capsaicinoid biosynthesis has long been proposed. Ferulic acid, a phenylpropanoid intermediate, is a precursor of capsaicinoid biosynthesis a...
Sex differences on the effect of dose-dependent capsaicinoids on lipid metabolism were studied in rats. 24 rats of each sex were administered orally 0 mg/kg, 2.5 mg/kg, 5 mg/kg or 7.5 mg/kg capsaicinoids daily for 28 ...
An attempt was made to establish a chromatographic separation and analysis method for capsaicinoids and their analogues. A series of factors,such as choice of column and eluents, eluent composition,flow rate of eluent...
Supported by New Century Excellent Talents Program in University(No.NCET-07-0406);Liaoning Excellent Talents Pro-gram in University(No.2006R33);Dalian Municipal Science and Technology Fund(No.2006J23JH018);Science and Tech-nology Fund from the Education Department of Liaoning Province, China(No.20060492).
Previous studies reported that capsaicin potentiates AF508 mutant cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator(CFTR) channel gating defect by transfected cell-based assays. It has been postulated that orally ...