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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
ALPHA-SANTALENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SANTALENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 -0.91 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 8600.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 7300.0 29000.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit not available 0.1 -1.12 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TRANS-BERGAMOTENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE 1 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 50100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 2600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit not available 10.0 -0.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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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 *