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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIMONENE | 60 | Fruit | 1500.0 | 8000.0 | 0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Fruit Essent. Oil | 130500.0 | 210600.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Fruit | not available | 90.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 2200.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | 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. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 13200.0 | 14750.0 | -0.15 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LIPASE | 0 | 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. |
| M-MENTHA-3(8),6-DIENE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| M-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | 1809.0 | 2319.0 | 0.09 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 19.0 | 56.0 | -0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CAFFEIC-ACID-PIPERIDIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| METHYL-CARVACROL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CINNAMATE | 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. |
| METHYL-CYCLOHEPTA-2,4-DIEN-6-ONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-HEPTANOATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-OCTANOATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Controlled | 1 | HerbalGram No. 20, page 15. |
| Convulsant | 2 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Copper-Antagonist | 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 |
| Copper-Chelator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cosmetic | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Counterirritant | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 5 | Stohr, J. R., Xiao, P. G., Bauer, R. 1999. Isobutylamides and a New Methylbutylamide from Piper sarmentosum. Planta Med., 65(2): 175-177. |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Culicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Activator | 2 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima. |
| Cytochrome-P488-Inducer | 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. |
| Cytoprotective | 2 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Cytotoxic | 7 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Decongestant | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Degranulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |