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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
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiulcer 18 Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 20 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiwrinkle 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Aryl-Hydrocarbon-Hydroxylase-Inhibitor 1 Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.