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04-27-10, 04:46 AM #1Chillies and Pain Link
and no this isn't one of these "no shit" studies but an interesting possible find on what creates pain in the human body and supposedly may help to create better pain relievers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8644788.stm
Studying chilli peppers is helping scientists create a new type of painkiller which could stop pain at its source.
A team at the University of Texas says a substance similar to capsaicin, which makes chilli peppers hot, is found in the human body at sites of pain.
And blocking the production of this substance can stop chronic pain, the team found.
They report their findings in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Capsaicin is the primary ingredient in hot chilli peppers which causes a burning sensation.
It does this by binding to receptors present on the cells inside the body.
Similarly, when the body is injured, it releases capsaicin-like substances - fatty acids called oxidized linoleic acid metabolites or OLAMs - and these, via receptors, cause pain, the researchers have found....
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04-27-10, 02:59 PM #3
Re: Chillies and Pain Link
Originally Posted by deathgodusmc
A neurotransmitter with similar functional groups is involved pain-transduction. They realized, by blocking capsaicin binding the pain caused by the chilis is absent... and carried it over to blocking the neurotransmitter similar to capsaicin. It is an inhibitor for a specific neurotransmitter; but studying chilis helped them figure it out. The chilis are not part of a remedy.
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