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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.
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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
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 14 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antirhinitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral 2 Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiseptic 29 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiserotonin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisinusitic 1 Duke, 1992 *