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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
2-METHYL-PENTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
2-TRANS-4-TRANS-8-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-9-3 0 Fruit 69.0 *
2-TRANS-6-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-7-2 0 Fruit 80.0 *
2-TRANS-8-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-9-2 0 Fruit 5.0 *
2-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-5-1 0 Fruit 75.0 *
2-UNDECANONE 4 Fruit *
3,4-DIHYDROXY-6-(N-ETHYL-AMINO)-BENZAMIDE 0 Fruit *
3,8(9)-P-MENTHADIEN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
3-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
4,10,10-TRIMETHYL-7-METHYLENE-BICYCLO-(6.2.0)DECANE-4-CAR... 0 Plant *
4-METHYL-TRIACONTANE 0 Plant =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 *
5,10(15)-CADINEN-4-OL 0 Fruit *
6-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-7-1 0 Fruit 98.0 *
8-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-9-1 0 Fruit 197.0 *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Fruit Essent. Oil 5000.0 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Seed 23.0 -1.19 *
ALPHA-AMORPHENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 15100.0 *
ALPHA-BISABOLENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 21200.0 *
ALPHA-BULNESENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 8200.0 -1.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
P450-Inducer 5 Abstract (See species file)
P450-Inhibitor 2 *
PAF-Inhibitor 2 *
Paralytic 2 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Parasiticide 2 Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic 2 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Pediculicide 3 Merck 11th Edition
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 42 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 3 *
Pesticide 61 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pheromone 1 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th