What makes jalapeños hot, and do they have other super powers? - a podcast by Melissa and Jam

from 2020-06-18T05:00

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#048

This week, Melissa and Jam dive into spiciness. What is it? Is it a flavor? Is it a feeling? Is it both? Is it more? Why can some people handle more than others? Does spiciness have any benefits?

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References from this episode


  1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/vanilloids

  2. Solomon’s Organic Chemistry 11th edition

  3. Analogues of Capsaicin with Agonist Activity as Novel Analgesic agents; Structure-Activity Studies 2. The Amide Bond “B-Reigion” byWalpole et. al

  4. Similarities and Differences in the Structure?Activity Relationships of Capsaicin and Resiniferatoxin Analogues by Walpole et. al

  5. Detailed Analysis of the Binding Mode of Vanilloids to Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type I (TRPV1) by a Mutational and Computational Study by Ohbuchi et. al

  6. The Art and Science of Organic andNatural Products Synthesis - by Nicolau et. al


  7. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/reactions/videos/2015/why-are-hot-peppers-hot-and-how-milk-helps.html




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