Capsaicin as a Therapeutic Molecule

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Abdel-Salam, Omar M. E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Progress in Drug Research ; 68
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Allergy.; Dermatology.; Oncology.; Pain medicine.; Urology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Pain Medicine.; Allergology.

This volume provides an up-to-date account of the achievements pertaining to the application of capsaicin and capsaicin-like molecules in the therapy of various human ailments such as pain, non-allergic rhinitis, obesity, tumors, and gastrointestinal, dermatologic, and urologic disorders. It discuss...

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• Topical Capsaicin Formulations in the Management of Neuropathic Pain
• Capsaicin-Based Therapies for Pain Control
• Intranasal Capsaicin in Management of Non-allergic (Vasomotor) Rhinitis
• Capsaicin as an Anti-obesity Drug
• The Potential Antitumour Effects of Capsaicin
• Capsaicin as New Orally Applicable Gastroprotective and Therapeutic Drug Alone or in Combination with Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in Human Healthy Subjects and in Patients
• Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide as Target of Capsaicin Receptor in the Gut
• Capsaicin for Osteoarthritis Pain
• The Role of Capsaicin in Dermatology
• Use of Vanilloids in Urologic Disorders.