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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Piper nigrum (Piperaceae)

Common Names
Black Pepper; Pepper; White Pepper
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MONOTERPENES 0 Fruit 7000.0 20800.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRCENE 22 Fruit *
MYRCENE 22 Fruit Essent. Oil 22300.0 64000.0 1.04 *
MYRCENE 22 Seed Essent. Oil *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 700.0 782.0 -0.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit *
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit Essent. Oil *
MYRTENAL 5 Fruit *
MYRTENOL 2 Fruit *
MYRTENOL 2 Fruit Essent. Oil 2000.0 *
N-(2-METHYLPROPYL)-DECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIENAMIDE 0 Fruit *
N-5-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PENT-TRANS-2-DIENOYL-PIPERIDINE 0 Fruit 9.0 *
N-BUTYOPHENONE 0 Fruit *
N-FORMYLPIPERIDINE 0 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Leaf *
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Stem 110.0 *
N-HEPTADECANE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 56600.0 *
N-HEPTADECENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 25300.0 *
N-ISOBUTYL-11-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXY-PHENYL)-UNDECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRIENAMIDE 0 Fruit 7.0 *
N-ISOBUTYL-11-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXY-PHENYL)-UNDECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRIENAMIDE 0 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 2 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 9 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 8 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adrenergic 1 Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
AHH-Inhibitor 1 Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 19 *
Allelochemic 6 *
Allelopathic 6 *