The role of capsaicin

Oct 19
07:14

2012

David Yvon

David Yvon

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Capsaicin is the main spicy substance in the solanaceae pepper fruit, is an extremely spicy vanilla amide alkaloids legacy widely used in the treatment of arthritis, muscle pain, back pain, sports sprain and herpes zoster neuralgia and so on.

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Some researchers also use it as a first choice drug for herpes neuralgia,The role of capsaicin Articles diabetic neuropathic pain. Mainly used as a topical analgesic drug analgesics the antipruritic, gastrotonica, prevent heart disease drugs, diet pills, insecticides, and military uses,etc.

The mechanism of capsaicin is a substance P, which acts on the C-type sensory neurons and thereby make the local pain disappeared. But as the surveys by capsaicin supplier, crude capsaicin is unable to induce the activity of neuropeptide in clinical because some crude phenols can antagonize capsaicin on neuropeptides, aggravate the pain and inflammation, so only purified capsaicin can have a good effect. The low concentration of capsaicin can only be used for the food industry as additives production pepper fine, capsaicin and other products. The main ingredients of chili pepper extract alkaloids alkali, but also contains a small amount of the dihydro-capsaicin, drop dihydro capsaicin capsaicin, high-dihydro capsaicin, these derivatives with the similar effect with capsaicin.

Major medical role of capsaicin, analgesia: a high purity of capsaicin has a significant effect on postherpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathic pain, cancer neuralgia, it is an ideal analgesic drugs, its superiority of analgesia aspect is promising replace morphine. Drug treatment: the scientists found that the drug rehabilitation injection made high purity capsaicin, a broad spectrum of drug treatment of new drugs, has a powerful role in almost all drug addiction, the injection made with capsaicin have large analgesic effect on large area trauma, advanced cancer. Local lose weight: Capsaicin with the ability to increase fat metabolism, consume excess fat, weight control, achieve the loss weight purpose. The unique use of capsaicin in the weight loss can be topical use for local diet, to bring the gospel to those body parts with obesity. Cure a variety of itching, intractable skin diseases such as psoriasis, urticaria, eczema, neurodermatitis, pruritus, and hemodialysis due to pruritus. Anti-inflammatory: Capsaicin with a good treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and chronic rhinitis. Lower cholesterol (prevention of heart disease and weight loss) Some experts study found that capsaicin by promoting vascular expansion, can promote blood circulation, accelerate blood purification and timely removal of various toxins in the blood, thereby reducing cholesterol, control blood pressure, prevent thrombosis, play a very good effect on the prevention and treatment of hypertension and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Prevent shellfish and growth: capsaicin can be made into new green paint to effectively prevent the growth of submarines and shell shellfish in ships.

Capsaicin is a high value-added new products extracted from red pepper, be widely used as pharmaceutical raw materials. Capsaicin with high medicinal value and economic value, with the rapid development of the global pharmaceutical and food industries, the demand of the international market for the capsaicin showed an increasing trend, market demand exceed supply, the price is rising year by year, with good development prospects, Capsaicin is priced at $ 40,000 per kilogram in the current international market. Only 1,200 tons of global annual production of capsaicin, the international market annual demand of 5,000 tons, 4,000 tons of the gap in the market.

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