it is a neurotoxin that acts via full agonism of the vanilloid receptors of sensory nerves. tinyatoxin has a potential for pharmaceutical uses similar to uses of capsaicin. tinyatoxin is about one third as strong as resiniferatoxin but is still an ultrapotent analogue of capsaicin, with a heat intensity estimate of 300 to 350 times that of capsaicin.