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
MONOTERPENES	0	Fruit	7000.0	20800.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit Essent. Oil	22300.0	64000.0	1.04	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	700.0	782.0	-0.23	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTICIN	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL	2	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-(2-METHYLPROPYL)-DECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIENAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-5-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PENT-TRANS-2-DIENOYL-PIPERIDINE	0	Fruit	not available	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYOPHENONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-FORMYLPIPERIDINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
N-HENTRIACONTANE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE	3	Stem	not available	110.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECANE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	56600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	25300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ISOBUTYL-11-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXY-PHENYL)-UNDECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRIENAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ISOBUTYL-11-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXY-PHENYL)-UNDECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRIENAMIDE	0	Seed	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
Antitinnitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiTNF	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	8	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	4	Duke, 1992 *