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Plant Piper nigrum (Piperaceae)

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
ASH 0 Fruit 42932.0 60000.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Fruit 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
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 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.
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Fruit Essent. Oil 21200.0 111600.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.1 0.1 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 160000.0 352000.0 2.21 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 30000.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE-ALCOHOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 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.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 900.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.