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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
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 2700.0 4989.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit 30.0 60.0 -0.15 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit not available 120.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit Essent. Oil 1000.0 1400.0 -1.02 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 28200.0 151000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATE 0 Fruit not available 648100.0 -0.78 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit not available 648100.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVETONACETONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE 19 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE 19 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 50.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE-OXIDE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLA-2,7(15)-DIEN-4-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLA-2,7(15)-DIEN-4-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLA-3(12),7(15)DIEN-4-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Fruit 1000.0 6000.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 14 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *