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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Piper nigrum (Piperaceae)

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 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit Essent. Oil 130500.0 210600.0 -0.69 *
LIMONENE 60 Seed Essent. Oil *
LINALOL 0 Fruit *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit 90.0 -0.56 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit Essent. Oil 2200.0 -0.69 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Fruit 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 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 *
M-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE 0 Fruit *
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 *
METHYL-CAFFEIC-ACID-PIPERIDIDE 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
METHYL-CARVACROL 0 Fruit *
METHYL-CINNAMATE 5 Fruit 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 J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Fruit *
METHYL-HEPTANOATE 0 Fruit *
METHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Endorphinogenic 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.
Energizer 1 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 2 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic 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.
Epinephrininergic 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.
Ergogenic 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic 6 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 11 *
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 45 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 30 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 3 *