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
PHYTIN-PHOSPHORUS	0	Fruit	not available	1150.0	-0.13	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	550.0	1028.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERANINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERANINE	0	Seed Oil	not available	320.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERCIDE	0	Fruit	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERETTINE	0	Fruit	234.0	8200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERICINE	0	Fruit	not available	0.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERIDINE	10	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERIDINE	10	Fruit	606.0	2700.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERIDINE	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERINE	61	Fruit	5000.0	150000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERINE	61	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERINE	61	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERINE	61	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERINE	61	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERINE	61	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERINE	61	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERINE	61	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERINE	61	Stem	not available	1100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERITONE	7	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	400.0	-1.00	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
Anticholinesterase?	1	L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antichoreic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	11	Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	3	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	2	Martindale's 29th