The primary active component of the heat and pain-eliciting lipid-soluble fraction of the Capsicum pepper and present in natural hot pepper extracts; elicits a sensation of burning pain by activation of TRPV1 on small, non-myelinated polymodal C-type nociceptive nerve fibers and has been widely…

Capsaicin is the primary active component of the heat and pain-eliciting lipid-soluble fraction of the Capsicum pepper. Capsaicin is present in natural hot pepper extracts along with a number of impurities, including dihydrocapsaicin and several lesser impurities. Separation by HPLC is required in…