capsaicin

IPA: kæpsˈeɪsʌn

(organic chemistry) A chemical compound found in chilli peppers, which is responsible for their piquancy.

Examples of "capsaicin" in Sentences

Speaking of hot, the real heat comes from capsaicin, which is stored in the ribs of these chili peppers.
The product's active ingredient is a synthetic form of the agent that makes chili peppers hot, known as capsaicin.
Food scientists have said that hot peppers contain a substance called capsaicin that can actually cause your body to heat up.
If you actually take the active ingredient known as capsaicin and put them in a body cream, you could actually ward off arthritis.
One is called the capsaicin receptor, after the stinging substance in red peppers, because it is triggered both by hot air and hot spices.
We finally verified the quality of this approach by studying the effects of a pharmacological and a physical agent, namely capsaicin and warmth, respectively.
Well, what happens is that that even when - in experimental models, when they give this capsaicin, which is the active ingredient, chronically, you do become desensitized to it, eventually.