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They cause burning or stinging pain to the skin and, if ingested in large amounts by adults or small amounts by children, can produce nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and burning diarrhea. Eye exposure produces intense tearing, pain, conjunctivitis , and blepharospasm .
Green portions of the plant, unripe fruit, and especially the rhizome [173] contain a non-alkaloid lignin known as podophyllotoxin at concentrations ranging from 0.3% to 1.0% by mass, [174] [175] ingestion of which can cause severe gastroenteritis, diarrhea, and depression of the central nervous system. [176]
Embelia ribes, commonly known as false black pepper, white-flowered embelia, viḍaṅga (Sanskrit: विडङ्ग), vaividang, vai vidang, or vavding [1] is a species in the family Primulaceae. It was originally described by Nicolaas Laurens Burman in his 1768 publication Flora Indica . [ 2 ]
It is described as spicy and pungent, more so than Sichuan pepper, and bitter. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] It is usually used by grinding it into a powder and adding it into soups, stews, seasonings, and sauces. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Even in West Africa this is a rare spice [ citation needed ] , and typically only five or six dried fruit are added to a dish.
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The outer fruit layer, left on black pepper, also contains aroma-contributing terpenes, including germacrene (11%), limonene (10%), pinene (10%), alpha-phellandrene (9%), and beta-caryophyllene (7%), [54] which give citrusy, woody, and floral notes. These scents are mostly missing in white pepper, as the fermentation and other processing ...
[5] [6] TRPV1 is an ion channel in the plasma membrane of sensory neurons and stimulation by resiniferatoxin causes this ion channel to become permeable to cations, especially calcium. The influx of cations causes the neuron to depolarize, transmitting signals similar to those that would be transmitted if the innervated tissue were being burned ...
A food allergy is an abnormal immune response to food.The symptoms of the allergic reaction may range from mild to severe. They may include itchiness, swelling of the tongue, vomiting, diarrhea, hives, trouble breathing, or low blood pressure.