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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Chemical CAPSAICIN

Chemical ID
CAPSAICIN
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage
LDlo=1.6 (ivn cat)
LD50=0.56 (ivn mus)
LD50=7.56 (ipr mus)
LD50=10 (ipr rat)
LD50=190 (orl mus)
LD50=9.0 (scu mus)

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Rubefacient Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Sialogogue *
Thermogenic 0.7 mg/kg ims rat Yoshida, T., Yoshioka, K., Wakabayashi, Y., Nishioka, H., Kondo, M. 1988. Effects of Capsaicin and Isothiocyanate on Thermogensis of Interscapular Brown Adipose Tissue in Rats. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol, 34(6): 587-594.
Vasodilator Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
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