Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Pepper may help cure skin conditions

Pepper may help cure skin conditions:

Black pepper could lead to better treatments for a disfiguring skin condition that affects about 1% of the world's population.


A team at king's college showed in a dtudy of mice that piperine the compound that gives black pepper it's spicy pungent flavour and it's synthetic derivatives stimulated pigmentation in the skin of people with vitiligo.

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