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
ALPHA-CIS-BERGAMOTENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CIS-BERGAMOTENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CIS-BERGAMOTENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	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.
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	8200.0	15800.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	16200.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GUAIENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GUAIENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	1100.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	7800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Fruit Essent. Oil	2100.0	19500.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	2200.0	2458.0	-0.04	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit Essent. Oil	6800.0	36000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit	not available	3810.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit Essent. Oil	45000.0	94000.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	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
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 *