Gut feeling?The article "Hot-pepper ingredient slows cancer in mice" (SN: 4/22/06, p. 254) raises a couple of questions for me. Recently, I drank some clam-tomato juice that contained jalapeno puree. It seemed to alleviate some of my internal ailments. So, I wonder if jalapeno peppers also contain capsaicin capsaicin /cap·sa·i·cin/ (kap-sa´i-sin) an alkaloid irritating to the skin and mucous membranes, the active ingredient of capsicum; used as a topical counterirritant and analgesic. cap·sa·i·cin n. . NORMAN MOORE, BOCA RATON, FLA FLA Florida (old style) FLA Macromedia Flash (file extension) FLA Flash Files (file extension) FLA Fair Labor Association FLA Front Line Assembly . Jalapeno peppers do contain capsaicin, but it's impossible to say whether the substance delivers the salutary effects. Research shows a connection between nerve cell receptors implicated im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. in inflammatory bowel disease inflammatory bowel disease n. Abbr. IBD Any of several incurable and debilitating diseases of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by inflammation and obstruction of parts of the intestine. and capsaicin's signal to the brain. |
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