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09. The hottest plant in the world

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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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How chillis and a euphorbia are helping to produce new painkillers.

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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Ed Anderson
Keywords
pain relief
Scoville scale
Resiniferatoxin
chilli heat
Euphorbia resinifera
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:02:36

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