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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
TERPIN-1-EN-4-OL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 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.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 1900.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINYL-ACETATE 5 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.
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.5 1.6 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
THUJENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROLS 0 Fruit not available 0.3 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
TOCOPHEROLS 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 5400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 100.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CIS-PIPERINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-NEROLIDOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 1200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 1400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-TRANS-PIPERINE 0 Fruit not available 30000.0 not available 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.