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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 42932.0 | 60000.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | =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 |
| BENZOIC-ACID | 20 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | 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. |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Fruit Essent. Oil | 21200.0 | 111600.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-BISABOLOL | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | 160000.0 | 352000.0 | 2.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 30000.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE-ALCOHOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CUBEBINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 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. |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 900.0 | -0.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | 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 * |