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
DIHYDROCARVEOL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL	2	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	100.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROPIPERCIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DL-LIMONENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMENE	3	Fruit	not available	225.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL	2	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	1100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Fruit	not available	15000.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
EPOXYDIHYDROCARYOPHYLLENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPOXYDIHYDROCARYOPHYLLENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
EUGENOL	76	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	5	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	5	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	30940.0	100000.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
FERUPERINE	0	Fruit	not available	17.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	130056.0	148449.0	0.06	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FLUORIDE	3	Fruit	not available	3.6	1.46	=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
GABA	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *