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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
MONOTERPENES 0 Fruit 7000.0 20800.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRCENE 22 Fruit *
MYRCENE 22 Fruit Essent. Oil 22300.0 64000.0 1.04 *
MYRCENE 22 Seed Essent. Oil *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 700.0 782.0 -0.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit *
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit Essent. Oil *
MYRTENAL 5 Fruit *
MYRTENOL 2 Fruit *
MYRTENOL 2 Fruit Essent. Oil 2000.0 *
N-(2-METHYLPROPYL)-DECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIENAMIDE 0 Fruit *
N-5-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PENT-TRANS-2-DIENOYL-PIPERIDINE 0 Fruit 9.0 *
N-BUTYOPHENONE 0 Fruit *
N-FORMYLPIPERIDINE 0 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Leaf *
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Stem 110.0 *
N-HEPTADECANE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 56600.0 *
N-HEPTADECENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 25300.0 *
N-ISOBUTYL-11-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXY-PHENYL)-UNDECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRIENAMIDE 0 Fruit 7.0 *
N-ISOBUTYL-11-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXY-PHENYL)-UNDECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRIENAMIDE 0 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunomodulator 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 8 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Inflammatory 1 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insect-Repellent 2 *
Insecticide 14 *
Insecticide-Synergist 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 30 Bowers, W.S., Ortego, F., You, X., and Evans, P.H. Insect Repellents From The Chinese Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Journal of Natural Products, 56(6): 935-938, 1993.
Insectiphile 6 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinogenic 4 *
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 23 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *