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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
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 2700.0 4989.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit 30.0 60.0 -0.15 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit not available 120.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit Essent. Oil 1000.0 1400.0 -1.02 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 28200.0 151000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATE 0 Fruit not available 648100.0 -0.78 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit not available 648100.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVETONACETONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE 19 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE 19 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 50.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE-OXIDE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLA-2,7(15)-DIEN-4-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLA-2,7(15)-DIEN-4-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLA-3(12),7(15)DIEN-4-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Fruit 1000.0 6000.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available 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.