History of Scoville
Earliest indication that humans used spice (what spice was found)
What is mustard?
The least spicy pepper
The body's reactions to spice include these effects.
What are increasing heart rate and sweating?
Plants that menthol can be found in
What is peppermint & spearmint?
Aside from C, H, and O, this element is also found in capsaicin.
What is N (nitrogen) ?
The reason spice was used in foods in the past.
What is to kill off bacteria?
Units of the Scoville Scale
What are SHU (Scoville heat units)?
What is the mouth, nose, skin, mucous, membrane, digestive tract?
These are ways menthol can be absorbed in the body. (2 ways)
What is ingestion/inhalation?
This is the amount of heat in SHU found in a carolina reaper.
What is 1.5-2.0 Million SHU?
Book Scoville wrote that mentioned using milk to relieve effects of spice & the effects of addiction in prescribing medicine
What is The Art of Compounding?
What the Scoville Scale is based on
What is the concentration of capsaicinoids?
The body's reaction to cooling foods include these effects.
What are chills, shortness of breathe, and heart rate increase?
Reducing these were one way menthol was used in the past. (Type of symptoms/sores)
What are ulcers, BP, pain, inflammation, antimicrobial?
There are large cases of TRMP8 receptors in these types of cancer patients.
What are prostate and bladder cancer patients?
Name of the muscle salve that Scoville formulated
What is "heet"?
The method used today to determine the spice level (full name, not the acronym)
What is High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)?
Compounds found in cooling foods will activate polymodal sensory neurons called ____:
What is TRPM8?
Menthol is commonly found in this narcotic.
What are cigarettes?
The compound mustard, wasabi, and horseradish all contain?
What is isothiocyanate?
Name of the man who invented the Scoville Scale (full name)
Who is Wilbur Scoville?
What are stationary and mobile?
These compounds are found in spicy foods to activate sensory neurons.
What are polymodal nociceptors?
The type of receptor Menthol binds too.
What is the TRMP8 receptor?
In Scoville's experiment, this is what he dipped the capsaicin in overnight.
What is ethanol?