And resiniferatoxin, or RTX for short, does what capsaicin does, just better.

树脂毒素，或者简 RTX，和辣素一样，而且效果更好。

One of the most commonly known is capsaicin which is found in chili peppers.

最为人所熟知的其中一种就是辣里的辣素。

Capsaicin is what produces that spicy, burning sensation we get from eating hot foods.

辣素就是使我们从辣的物中得到辣味和燃烧感的物。

But some rats also got a pinch of capsaicin.

不过其中一些少许辣素。

The chemical in peppers that causes the burn is called capsaicin.

辣中引起灼烧感的化学物为辣素。

Do you know what capsaicin is?

你知道辣素是什么吗？

And the more capsaicin there is, the more intense that burning sensation.

辣素摄入越多，灼烧感就越强烈。

And the way these heat units are determined is based on how hot the pepper's capsaicin is.

这些辣度单位的量度方法是基于辣的辣素有多辣。

The subjects were then given food kicked up with capsaicin, which puts the heat in chili peppers.

实验者随后用提取自辣的辣素，并且强度越来越大。

The opposite of spicy hot capsaicin would be the cool cool chill of menthol molecules present in peppermint.

薄荷里的薄荷醇带来的清凉感则与辛辣物中辣素带来的感觉相反。

Even if you have no idea what capsaicin is, you can still be sure that this one is false.

即使你并不知道辣素是什么，你是很确定这个是错的。

Water spreads the capsaicin around your body, making your pain even worse.

水会把辣素扩散到你的全身，加重你的疼痛感。

Typically, the smaller the chilis, the more capsaicin it has, the larger, and there's less of the spicy stuff.

一般来说，辣越小，辣素含量就越高，辣的辣味就越少。

Your stomach will start to make more acid than usual, and more mucous to protect itself from the capsaicin.

你的胃会开始制造比平时更多的胃酸和更多的粘液来保护自己免受辣素的影响。

Capsaicin is like a key and the TRPV1 receptor is its door.

辣素就像一把钥匙，TRPV1 受体是那扇门。

But everyone reacts to this level of capsaicin differently.

但每个人对这种程度的辣素的反应是不同的。

But you don't physically burn, it's just capsaicin pulling a sensory hack.

但你并未烧伤，只是辣素刺激了感官。

If only there were a pill that would neutralize the capsaicin.

如果只有一种可以中和辣素的药丸就好了。

But the active chemical in spicy foods, capsaicin, can fool these receptors into triggering.

但是辛辣物中的活性化学物辣素可以欺骗这些受体触发。

Spiciness, specifically capsaicin, attacks your heat receptors.

辣味，特别是辣素，会攻击你的热感受器。