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“ Capsaicin , a homovanillic acid derivative that acts as a releaser of SP from primary afferent neurons, caused a strong stimulation of collagenase production and release at 10(-8) and 10(-6) M (about 7 times the amount of the control).”
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology • 1991 | View Paper
“ Capsaicin at both doses induced an increase in the synthesis of collagenase and at the lower concentration (10(-8) mol/l) only of prostaglandins.”
“The mechanisms by which capsaicin stimulates DNA synthesis and production of collagenase and prostaglandin E2, in a manner dependent on dose, remain to be determined.”
Annals of the rheumatic diseases • 1990 | View Paper
“Curcumin and capsaicin also inhibited the secretion of collagenase , elastase, and hyaluronidase to the maximum extent of 57, 61, 66%, and 46, 69, 67%, respectively.”