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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2-METHYL-PENTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-TRANS-4-TRANS-8-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-9-3 0 Fruit not available 69.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-TRANS-6-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-7-2 0 Fruit not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-TRANS-8-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-9-2 0 Fruit not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-5-1 0 Fruit not available 75.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-UNDECANONE 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIHYDROXY-6-(N-ETHYL-AMINO)-BENZAMIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,8(9)-P-MENTHADIEN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4,10,10-TRIMETHYL-7-METHYLENE-BICYCLO-(6.2.0)DECANE-4-CAR... 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-TRIACONTANE 0 Plant not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
4-METHYL-TRITRIACONTANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,10(15)-CADINEN-4-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-7-1 0 Fruit not available 98.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
8-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-9-1 0 Fruit not available 197.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Seed not available 23.0 -1.19 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMORPHENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 15100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BISABOLENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 21200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BULNESENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 8200.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilaryngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 4 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.
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antilethargic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 7 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.