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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
2-METHYL-PENTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-TRANS-4-TRANS-8-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-9-3 0 Fruit not available 69.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-TRANS-6-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-7-2 0 Fruit not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-TRANS-8-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-9-2 0 Fruit not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-5-1 0 Fruit not available 75.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-UNDECANONE 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIHYDROXY-6-(N-ETHYL-AMINO)-BENZAMIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,8(9)-P-MENTHADIEN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4,10,10-TRIMETHYL-7-METHYLENE-BICYCLO-(6.2.0)DECANE-4-CAR... 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-TRIACONTANE 0 Plant 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
4-METHYL-TRITRIACONTANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,10(15)-CADINEN-4-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-7-1 0 Fruit not available 98.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
8-TRANS-PIPERAMIDE-C-9-1 0 Fruit not available 197.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Seed not available 23.0 -1.19 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMORPHENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 15100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BISABOLENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 21200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BULNESENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 8200.0 -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
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 10 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienzymatic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiepileptic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 7 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 16 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *