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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
Antinephritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic 6 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 9 Duke, 1992 *