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isothiocyanate
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Noun1.isothiocyanate - a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations
table mustard, mustard - pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
horseradish, horseradish root - the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning
mustard - any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
Raphanus sativus, radish - Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw
Allium cepa, onion plant, onion - bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
chemical irritant - a substance producing irritation


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Isothiocyanates activate pain-signaling neurons by triggering a cell-surface protein that lets ions into cells, David Julius of University of California, San Francisco and his colleagues report in an upcoming Nature.
Mustards' isothiocyanates are similar in composition to the active ingredient in the common synthetic soil fumigant Vapam.
maybe, some day, researchers will discover that one or another of them harbors a life-saving phytochemical, perhaps the allium compounds in onions or the isothiocyanates in cabbage.
 
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