Plant Piper nigrum (Piperaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
MONOTERPENES	0	Fruit	7000.0	20800.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit Essent. Oil	22300.0	64000.0	1.04	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	700.0	782.0	-0.23	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTICIN	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL	2	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-(2-METHYLPROPYL)-DECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIENAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-5-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PENT-TRANS-2-DIENOYL-PIPERIDINE	0	Fruit	not available	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYOPHENONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-FORMYLPIPERIDINE	0	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.
N-HENTRIACONTANE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE	3	Stem	not available	110.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECANE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	56600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	25300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ISOBUTYL-11-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXY-PHENYL)-UNDECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRIENAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ISOBUTYL-11-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXY-PHENYL)-UNDECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRIENAMIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.