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Definition of Capsicin
1. n. A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum.
Definition of Capsicin
1. a liquid used as a flavoring [n -S]
Medical Definition of Capsicin
1. A yellowish red oleoresin containing the active principle of capsicum. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capsicin
Literary usage of Capsicin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Materia Medica: The Source, Chemical and Physical Properties (1911)
"... is a gout and rheumatism liniment containing methyl salicylate, capsicin,
colchicum, chloroform and mustard spirit.—Mfr.: Dr. E. Bloch, Basle, ..."
2. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach, Andrew Lincoln Winton (1913)
"The capsicin is present in both seeds and pod, but is more abundant in the latter,
... capsicin may be isolated, according to Thresh, by extracting powdered ..."
3. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"In 1816 and 1817, Braconnot and Bucholz extracted what they believed to be the
active constituent and called it capsicin. According to Hager (Handb. Pharm. ..."
4. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"The oleo-resinous liquid, commonly known as capsicin, and which has been usually
... The term capsicin has also been applied to a volatile alkaloid obtained ..."
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