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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Piper nigrum (Piperaceae)

Common Names
Black Pepper; Pepper; White Pepper
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Fruit *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 7300.0 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit Essent. Oil 100.0 11000.0 -0.34 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil *
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 1200.0 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GERMACRENE-B 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 18300.0 *
GERMACRENE-D 2 Fruit Essent. Oil 400.0 49300.0 *
GLOBULOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 26200.0 *
GUINEENSINE 0 Fruit 31.0 *
HELIOTROPIN 0 Fruit Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
HENTRIACONTAN-16-OL 0 Stem 40.0 *
HENTRIACONTAN-16-ONE 0 Leaf *
HENTRIACONTAN-16-ONE 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HENTRIACONTAN-16-ONE 0 Stem 40.0 *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Stem =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
HENTRIACONTANOL 0 Stem =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
HENTRIACONTANONE 0 Stem =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
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitinnitic 2 *
AntiTNF 1 *
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitumor 18 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder) 2 *
Antitumor (Breast) 5 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 4 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 2 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 4 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 3 *
Antitumor (Skin) 3 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 3 *
Antitumor-Promoter 8 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 4 *