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Capsicum spp (wild chilies), produce ripe fruits that repel seed predators in favor of animals that disperse seed. This is attributed to secondary metabolites (capsaicin) that deter consumption by mammals, such as rodents, that typically destroy seeds while consuming fruits.
The herbal preparations devil's claw, white willow bark and cayenne plasters may be as effective as pain medication for short-term low back pain and are better than placebo, a new systematic review of studies has found.
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Storm weary South Florida growers are anxiously watching Hurricane Jeanne, the 4th storm of the season to take aim at the peninsula as many growers in Palm Beach, Martin, and St Lucie counties struggle to catch up with plantings and the repair damage left behind by Francis.
Cayenne Pepper is made from the dried pods of pungent chili peppers. Cayenne Peppers were grown for thousands of years in the West Indies and Central and South America. Spanish explorers looking for black pepper misnamed them as pepper, and introduced them to the rest of the world.
The Higher Education Commission has been set up to facilitate the development of the universities of Pakistan to be world-class centres of education, research and development.
Before 1494, the Mesoamerican indigenous people, in particular the Mayas and Aztecs, used the bean to make a drink and as an exchange medium (100 beans purchasing a slave), and it was given as tributes by lowland peoples to the emperor (Montezuma had a great store of beans).