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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
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-3,4-DIMETHOXY-3,4-DEMETHYLENEDIOXY-CUBEBIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CUBEBIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-PHELLANDRENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-OCIMENOL 0 Fruit not available 135.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1(7),2-P-MENTHADIEN-4-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1(7),2-P-MENTHADIEN-6-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,1,4-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEPTA-2,4-DIEN-6-ONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8(9)-P-MENTHADIEN-4-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8(9)-P-MENTHADIEN-5-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-MENTHADIEN-2-OL 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.
1-(2,4-DECADIENOYL)-PYRROLIDINE 0 Fruit not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-(2,4-DODECADIENOYL)-PYRROLIDINE 0 Fruit not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-PIPERYL-PYRROLIDINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-TERPINEN-4-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-TERPINEN-5-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,8-P-MENTHADIEN-1-OL 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.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Wealth of India.
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidote (Strychnine) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric 1 Wealth of India.
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *