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
MONOTERPENES	0	Fruit	7000.0	20800.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit Essent. Oil	22300.0	64000.0	1.04	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	700.0	782.0	-0.23	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTICIN	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL	2	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-(2-METHYLPROPYL)-DECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIENAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-5-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PENT-TRANS-2-DIENOYL-PIPERIDINE	0	Fruit	not available	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYOPHENONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-FORMYLPIPERIDINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
N-HENTRIACONTANE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE	3	Stem	not available	110.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECANE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	56600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	25300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ISOBUTYL-11-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXY-PHENYL)-UNDECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRIENAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ISOBUTYL-11-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXY-PHENYL)-UNDECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRIENAMIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Tumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	2	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Urate-Solvent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotonic	1	Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp.
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	12	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	3	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide	2	Wealth of India.