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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
RHAMNETIN-O-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.4 2.8 -0.47 *
RUTIN 87 Fruit *
SABINENE 5 Fruit 1500.0 10000.0 2.61 *
SABINENE 5 Fruit Essent. Oil 85000.0 204000.0 0.48 *
SABINENE 5 Seed Essent. Oil *
SAFROLE 29 Fruit *
SAFROLE 29 Fruit Essent. Oil *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 10.0 65.0 -0.15 *
SESQUISABINENE 0 Fruit *
SESQUISABINENE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SESQUISABINENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
SESQUITERPENES 0 Fruit 2000.0 7800.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SILICA 0 Fruit 750.0 3900.0 1.37 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SODIUM 1 Fruit 320.0 627.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SPATHULENOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 29600.0 *
STARCH 5 Fruit 280000.0 565000.0 0.41 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit =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
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit 140.0 210.0 1.74 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SULFUR 14 Fruit 1750.0 5760.0 3.02 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Nematicide 22 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephrotoxic 1 *
Neuroinhibitor 1 *
Neuroprotective 3 *
Neurotoxic 5 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 3 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Genic 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Occuloirritant 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 3 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxytocic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 7 *