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
CARYOPHYLLENE-ALCOHOL	1	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-KETONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	8	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	9000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CEDROL	3	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHAVICINE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Fruit	2700.0	5100.0	2.98	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	1642.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	3.0	3.5	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-2,8-MENTHADIEN-2-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CARVEOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CARVEOL	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	50.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-NEROLIDOL	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-P-2-MENTHEN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-TRANS-PIPERINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL	53	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.
CITRONELLAL	20	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.

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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 *