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
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 *