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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIMONENE | 60 | Fruit | 1500.0 | 8000.0 | 0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Fruit Essent. Oil | 130500.0 | 210600.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Fruit | not available | 90.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 2200.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 13200.0 | 14750.0 | -0.15 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LIPASE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| M-MENTHA-3(8),6-DIENE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| M-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | 1809.0 | 2319.0 | 0.09 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 19.0 | 56.0 | -0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CAFFEIC-ACID-PIPERIDIDE | 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. |
| METHYL-CARVACROL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CINNAMATE | 5 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| METHYL-CYCLOHEPTA-2,4-DIEN-6-ONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-HEPTANOATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-OCTANOATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Termitifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosterone-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thermogenic | 1 | Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets, e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Thyrostimulant | 1 | Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets, e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp. |
| Thyrotropic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 2 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 4 | Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225. |
| Tracheorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tranquilizer | 5 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Transdermal | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonicide | 9 | Martindale's 29th |
| Trichomonistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Trypanocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trypsin-Enhancer | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93. |