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
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	4000.0	34000.0	1.57	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Fruit	not available	150.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE-8-METHYL-ETHER	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE-8-OL	0	Fruit	not available	15.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-8-EN-1-OL	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-8-EN-2-OL	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-CIS-2-EN-1-OL	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-CIS-2-EN-1-OL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	12200.0	13633.0	-0.15	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PELLITORINE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PERILLALDEHYDE	11	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.
PHENYLACETIC-ACID	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLACETIC-ACID	2	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.
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	700.0	2040.0	-0.36	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 *