The effects of capsaicin and capsiate on energy balance: Critical review and meta-analyses of studies in humans

Chemical Senses

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-121

  Ludy, Mary Jon ^a,c   Moore, George E ^b   Mattes, Richard D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetite; Burn; Oral irritation; Palatability; Pungency; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CAPSAICIN DERIVATIVE; CAPSIATE; DIHYDROCAPSAICIN; NORDIHYDROCAPSAICIN; PLACEBO; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

APPETITE; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIPID OXIDATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PALATABILITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; THERMOGENESIS;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS;

EID: 84855904085     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjr100     Document Type: Article

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