What are the uses of capsaicin?

1, as a food additive. As a food seasoning, hot pepper needs some shallow processing to make hot sauce. However, when these products are eaten, their capsaicin has to go through a leaching process, and the bioavailability of capsaicin is not high. At the same time, alkali continues to be released in the intestine, stimulating the intestinal wall, which can cause abdominal discomfort, and even cause burning pain in the anus, inducing hemorrhoids. Therefore, the extraction and separation of capsaicin from capsaicin, as an additive in food processing, is conducive to the control of spiciness and the full absorption and utilization of capsaicin.

2, medicine and health care: China is one of the first countries to use pepper as a drug, Chinese medicine with pepper to treat stomach colds, rheumatic, and other diseases. Modern studies have shown that capsaicin has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anesthetic, and drug withdrawal effects, its analgesic effect is equivalent to morphine but more lasting than morphine, and has significant effects on postherpetic neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, diabetic neuralgia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, alopecia. In addition, capsaicin can also inhibit the occurrence of malignant tumors and has special effects on the treatment of skin diseases and weight loss.

3.Applied to Marine antifouling coatings: Some attached organisms in the ocean such as barnacles, seaweed, shellfish, etc., a large number attached to the bottom of the ship, buoys, wharves, piers, seawater pipes, and aquaculture cage nets, due to its large number, growth rate is very fast, can slow down the shipping speed, fuel increase, accelerate metal corrosion, block the pipeline and cage mesh, make underwater facilities unbalanced, etc. As a repellent, capsaicin has a strong driving effect and does not kill Marine organisms, so it has obvious ecological benefits.

4, as the anti-ant and anti-rat in wire and cable: PVC and polyethylene are more and more widely used as insulation and sheath materials in the wire and cable industry. In addition to being damaged by oxygen, heat, light, force, and chemical erosion, they will also be damaged by termites, mice, or rabbits, leading to power failure, communication interruption, and even short circuits causing fire. It can make the oral mucosa and taste nerves of mice strongly stimulated and hate chewing, can kill termites at the same time, and has broad application prospects in wire and cable.

What are the benefits of capsaicin?

Capsaicin can stimulate the brain to secrete endorphins and produce pleasure, can also promote metabolism, and may have certain health benefits, but the impact of pepper on health is more from the other nutrients in the pepper, namely vitamins, minerals, plant secondary metabolites, proteins and so on. Those that are not hot, such as bell peppers (bell peppers), also have great health benefits.