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Plant Piper nigrum (Piperaceae)

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

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PIPEROLEIN-A 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPEROLEIN-B 0 Fruit not available 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPEROLEIN-C 0 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PIPEROLEINE-B 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERONAL 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERONAL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERYLIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERYLINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POLYSACCHARIDES 0 Fruit not available 450000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 11718.0 15077.0 -0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 108386.0 123888.0 0.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PYRROLIDINE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PYRROPERINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
QUERCETIN-3-O-ALPHA-D-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Fruit not available 5000.0 -0.72 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RETROFRACTAMIDE-A 0 Fruit not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNETIN 18 Fruit not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiileus 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimplantation 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 34 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *