Botanical briefs: Capsicum peppers

Cutis

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-23

  Fett, Debra D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; AMMONIA; CAPSAICIN; CHLORINE; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; SIMETHICONE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANALGESIA; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG STRUCTURE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENUS; HUMAN; KITCHEN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAIN; PEPPER; PLANT; PLANT NUTRIENT; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0141889925     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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