Plant Piper nigrum (Piperaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Pepper; Pepper; White Pepper

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
2-METHYL-PENTANOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-TRANS-4-TRANS-8-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-9-3	0	Fruit	not available	69.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-TRANS-6-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-7-2	0	Fruit	not available	80.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-TRANS-8-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-9-2	0	Fruit	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-5-1	0	Fruit	not available	75.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-UNDECANONE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIHYDROXY-6-(N-ETHYL-AMINO)-BENZAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,8(9)-P-MENTHADIEN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4,10,10-TRIMETHYL-7-METHYLENE-BICYCLO-(6.2.0)DECANE-4-CAR...	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-TRIACONTANE	0	Plant	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
4-METHYL-TRITRIACONTANE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5,10(15)-CADINEN-4-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-7-1	0	Fruit	not available	98.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-9-1	0	Fruit	not available	197.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE	19	Seed	not available	23.0	-1.19	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMORPHENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	15100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BISABOLENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	21200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BULNESENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	8200.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Miotic	1	Martindale's 29th
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	6	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Mutagenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myocontractant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Myopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	10	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myotonic	1	Martindale's 29th
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *